| Bards and bardism - 1803 - 390 pages
...the car on high. Hard polished bits shine in a wreath of foam. Thin thongs, bright-studded with gems, bend on the stately necks of the steeds. The steeds...the prey. Their noise is like the blast of winter, on the sides of the snow-headed Gormal. Within the car is seen the chief; the strong-armed son of the... | |
| Ossian - 1805 - 262 pages
...the car on high. Hard polished bits shine in a wreath of foam. Thin thongs bright-studded with gems, bend on the stately necks of the steeds. The steeds...wildness of deer is in their course, the strength of the eagle descending on her prey. Their noise is like the blast of winter on the sides of the snowheaded... | |
| James Macpherson - Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1805 - 336 pages
...the car on high. Hard polished bits shine in a wreath of foam. Thin thongs, bright studded with gems, bend on the stately necks of the steeds. The steeds...wreaths of mist, fly over the streamy vales ! The wildncss of deer is in their course, the strength of eagles descending on the prey. Their noise is... | |
| Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...on the prey 47. Their noise is like the blast of winter, on the sides of the snow-headed Gormal. *7 The wildness of deer is in their course, the strength of eagles descending on their prey.] Saul and Jonathan were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. 2. Sara. i.... | |
| Sir John Sinclair - Scottish Gaelic poetry - 1806 - 254 pages
...of the hills : " Dusronnal is the name of the steed. S70 " A full thousand small thongs MACPHERSON'S TRANSLATION. *' A thousand thongs bind the car on...the prey. " Their noise is like the blast of winter, 38 1 " On the sides of the snow-headed Gormal. " Within the car is seen the chief; " The-strong-armed... | |
| Ossian - 1806 - 364 pages
...the car on high. Hard polished bits shine in a wreath of foam. Thin thongs, bright-studded with gems, bend on the stately necks of the steeds. The steeds...the prey. Their noise is like the blast of winter, on the sides of the snow-headed Gormal. Within the car is seen the chief; the strong-armed son of the... | |
| 1807 - 536 pages
...high. " Hard polished bits shine in a wreath of foam. " Thin thongs, bright studded with gems, 37.5 " Bend on the stately necks of the steeds. " The steeds,...the prey. " Their noise is like the blast of winter, 381 " On the sides of the snow-headed Gormal. " Within the car is seen the chief; " The-strong-armed... | |
| Ossian - 1807 - 402 pages
...bright-studded with gems, bend on the stately necks of the steeds. The steecls, that like wreaths of mists, fly over the streamy vales ! The wildness of deer...their course ; the strength of eagles descending on their prey. Their noise is like the blast of winter, on the sides of the snow-headed Gormal. " Within... | |
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