Ossian Collection > Thoughts on the origin and descent of the Gael

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" form. Thy fragrant breasts are my delight,
" on the eminence of white turrets."
" Formosae slant pectore mammae."
Another specimen of the properties of female
beauty is expressed in another poem or song of
later date, in these words :
" Thugas ceist do luhnai ghasta
" Is glan leachc sa cul mar an t'or
" Camalubach bar bachalach
" Gruaith dhaite deud snaite mar nos
" Suilin chorach mar christal
" Binnis theud ann am bridol a beoil
" Aghai sholais an comh sri
•* Go's aill i na neonan nan ros."
Literally Translated:
" My love was an excellent woman of bright
"complexion; her back,* like gold in twining
" locks, high raised curls, cheeks of finest dye,
" teeth polished to the purest white, prominent
" eyes like crystal, the music of strings in the
" motion of her lipSj-f a countenance of light,
" contending in beauty with the daisy and the
" rose."
* Hair hanging on her back.
t Bridol, — the literal meaning of this word is sense in motion;
bridol a beoil, the moving sense of her mouth.