 | Ossian - 1807 - 546 pages
...the devil and gart him yowll " The skyis rained when he wald scowll, " And trublit all the air : " He gat my grandschir Gog Magog ; " Ay when he dansit...alludes to the contest between Fingal and the Spirit of Ixjda, in the celebrated poem ofCarricthura: and that learned judge, whose taste and critical acumen... | |
 | 1807 - 536 pages
...•' virum, ea tempeslate apud nostros vixisse, et tanquam ex " veterum gigantum stirpe exortum." " He gat my grandschir Gog Magog ; " Ay when he dansit the warld wald schog ; " Five thousand ellis yeifl in his frog, " Of hieland pladdis of hair."* The ingenious Lord Hailes remarks, that the above... | |
 | Thomas Bailey Saunders - Bards and bardism in literature - 1894 - 350 pages
...dang the devil and gart him yowll, The skyis rained when he wald scowll And trublit all the air. " He gat my grandschir Gog Magog, Ay when he dansit...ellis yeid in his frog Of hieland pladdis of hair." Still more valuable evidence of the widespread existence of this poetry is at hand in The Dean of Lismore's... | |
 | John Semple Smart - Bards and bardism in literature - 1905 - 256 pages
...skyis ranyd quhen he wald scowle, He trublit all the air : He gat my grantschir Gog Magog ; Ay quhen he dansit, the warld wald schog ; Five thousand ellis yeid in his frog Of Hieland pladdis, and mair." But how was it that Finn " dang the devill, and gart him yowle" ? All tradition is silent... | |
 | Gaelic Society of Glasgow - Scotland - 1894 - 340 pages
...and gart him yowll, The skyis rained when he wald scoull, He trublit all the air : He got my grandsyr Gog Magog ; Ay when he dansit the warld wald schog ; Five thousand ellis gaed till his frog, Of Hieland pladdis, and mair." The world shook when Fionn danced ! Martin, in his... | |
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Yit he was bot of tender youth ; Bot eftir he grewe mekle at fouth, Ellevyne ell wyde met was his mouth, His teith was tene myle sqwaire. He wald apone his tais stand... 