The Works of Ossian, the Son of Fingal, Volume 2J.Fr. Valade and sold by Theophilus Barrois, 1783 |
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... youth . Often did we pafs over Carun to the land of the ftrangers : our fwords returned , not unftained with blood : nor did the kings of the world re- joice . Why do I remember the battles of my youth ? My hair is mixed with gray . My ...
... youth . Often did we pafs over Carun to the land of the ftrangers : our fwords returned , not unftained with blood : nor did the kings of the world re- joice . Why do I remember the battles of my youth ? My hair is mixed with gray . My ...
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... youth , and the darkness of thy days . It was in the days of peace , replied the great Clefsammor , I came , in my bounding ship , to Balclutha's ( 1 ) walls of towers . The winds had roared behind my fails , and Clu- tha's ( z ) ...
... youth , and the darkness of thy days . It was in the days of peace , replied the great Clefsammor , I came , in my bounding ship , to Balclutha's ( 1 ) walls of towers . The winds had roared behind my fails , and Clu- tha's ( z ) ...
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... youths , and looked towards the fea with fear . The white wave deceived them for diftant fails , and the tear is on ... youth upon the coaft . - The chief was among them , like the ftag in the midft of the herd . His shield is ftudded ...
... youths , and looked towards the fea with fear . The white wave deceived them for diftant fails , and the tear is on ... youth upon the coaft . - The chief was among them , like the ftag in the midft of the herd . His shield is ftudded ...
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... youth ! foft the ringlets of thy hair ! -But this tree may fall ; and his me- mory be forgot ! The daughter of the Stranger will be fad , and look to the rolling fea : -the children will fay , « We fee a ship ; « perhaps it is the king ...
... youth ! foft the ringlets of thy hair ! -But this tree may fall ; and his me- mory be forgot ! The daughter of the Stranger will be fad , and look to the rolling fea : -the children will fay , « We fee a ship ; « perhaps it is the king ...
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... youth came on , I beheld the mofs of my fallen walls : my figh arofe with the morning , and my tears defcended with night . - Shall I not fight , I faid to my foul , against the children of my foes ? And I will fight , O bard ; I feel ...
... youth came on , I beheld the mofs of my fallen walls : my figh arofe with the morning , and my tears defcended with night . - Shall I not fight , I faid to my foul , against the children of my foes ? And I will fight , O bard ; I feel ...
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