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270 CONNAL AND CRIMORA.
So falls a rock, torn from the shaggy hill ;
So falls an oak, the glory of the plain ;
What shall she do ? what griefs her bosom fill !
By me is Connal, hapless Connal, slain !
All day she wanders by some nameless stream, —
" Connal, my love ! Connal, my friend !" she cries ;
By night the vale, lit by the moon's pale beam ;
For grief the lovely musing mourner dies.
The loveliest pair cold earth doth here enclose,
That ever slept within her clay-cold womb ;
Alone they rest in undisturb'd repose,
The green grass rankling o'er their narrow tomb.

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Ossian, his principal poems
DescriptionTranslated into English verse, with introduction and notes, illustrative of the manners and customs of the Caledonians, and an account of the harp in the Highlands.
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Ossian Collection
DescriptionSelected books from the Ossian Collection of 327 volumes, originally assembled by J. Norman Methven of Perth. Different editions and translations of James MacPherson's epic poem 'Ossian', some with a map of the 'Kingdom of Connor'. Also secondary material relating to Ossianic poetry and the Ossian controversy.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history.