The Poems of Ossian, Volumen1J. D. Dewick, 1803 |
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... silence concerning the religion of ancient times . To allege , that a nation is void of all religion , would betray ignorance of the history of mankind . The traditions of their fathers , and their own obser- vations on the works of ...
... silence concerning the religion of ancient times . To allege , that a nation is void of all religion , would betray ignorance of the history of mankind . The traditions of their fathers , and their own obser- vations on the works of ...
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... silence which reigns with respect to all the great clans or fa- milies , which are now established in the Highlands . The origin of these several clans is known to be very ancient : And it is as well known , that there is no passion by ...
... silence which reigns with respect to all the great clans or fa- milies , which are now established in the Highlands . The origin of these several clans is known to be very ancient : And it is as well known , that there is no passion by ...
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... silence ; and I heard a voice - Shall mortal man be more just than God ? " * 66 As Ossian's supernatural beings are described with a surprising force of imagination , so they are intro- duced with propriety . We have only three ghosts ...
... silence ; and I heard a voice - Shall mortal man be more just than God ? " * 66 As Ossian's supernatural beings are described with a surprising force of imagination , so they are intro- duced with propriety . We have only three ghosts ...
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... silent joy to rejoin the rest of the shades . * It is a great advantage of Ossian's mythology , that it is not local and temporary , like that of most other ancient poets ; which of course is apt to seem ridicu- lous , after the ...
... silent joy to rejoin the rest of the shades . * It is a great advantage of Ossian's mythology , that it is not local and temporary , like that of most other ancient poets ; which of course is apt to seem ridicu- lous , after the ...
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... silence of Morven . " . " The hunter shall hear my voice from his booth . " He shall fear , but love my voice . For sweet shall ' my voice be for my friends ; for pleasant were they " to me . " 66 Besides ghosts , or the spirits of ...
... silence of Morven . " . " The hunter shall hear my voice from his booth . " He shall fear , but love my voice . For sweet shall ' my voice be for my friends ; for pleasant were they " to me . " 66 Besides ghosts , or the spirits of ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Æneid ancient Annir antiquity appears arms arose art thou Balclutha bards battle beam beautiful behold blast Britons Caledonians Carthon Cathmor cave Celtic character chief Clessammor cloud Clutha Comala Comhal compositions Connal Crimora Crothar Cuthullin Dargo dark daugh daughter death Druids Dunthalmo Duth-maruno dwells epic eyes fame father feast feeble fell Fillan Fingal Fion Firbolg Frothal Galic Gaul genius ghost Gladius grief hall hand harp heard heath heroes hill Homer Iliad imagination Ireland Irish king language lift Lochlin Loda maid Malvina manners midst mighty mist Moina moon Morni Morven mournful nations nature night Odin Oithona Oscar Ossian Picts poem poet poetical poetry race rise roar rock rolled Roman rose rushed Scandinavia Scotland Scots sentiment shews shield sigh silent similes song soul spear spirit Starno storm strangers stream sublime Swaran sword tears Temora thee tion tradition voice warrior waves wind youth
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Página 131 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up.
Página 191 - Tom? whom the foul fiend hath led through fire and through flame, through ford and whirlpool, o'er bog and quagmire; that hath laid knives under his pillow, and halters in his pew; set ratsbane by his...
Página 277 - O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers! Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth, in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave.
Página 262 - Two stones half sunk in the ground, shew their heads of moss. The deer of the mountain avoids the place, for he beholds a dim ghost standing there.
Página 249 - He lifted high his shadowy spear! He bent forward his dreadful height. Fingal, advancing, drew his sword; the blade of dark-brown Luno.* The gleaming path of the steel winds through the gloomy ghost. The form fell shapeless into air, like a column of smoke, which the staff of the boy disturbs, as it rises from the half-extinguished furnace.
Página 182 - I was a lovely tree in thy presence, Oscar, with all my branches round me : but thy death came like a blast from the desert, and laid my green head low : the spring returned with its showers, but no leaf of mine arose.
Página 267 - Why dost thou build the hall, Son of the winged days ? Thou lookest from thy towers to-day; Yet a few years, and the blast of the desert comes ; It howls in thy empty court, And whistles round thy half-worn shield.
Página 177 - Helmets are cleft on high ; blood bursts, and smokes around. As the troubled noise of the ocean when roll the waves on high ; as the last peal of the thunder of heaven ; such is the noise of battle.
Página 201 - Roll on, ye dark-brown years; ye bring no joy on your course! Let the tomb open to Ossian; for his strength has failed. The sons of song are gone to rest. My voice remains, like a blast, that roars, lonely, on a sea-surrounded rock, after the winds are laid.
Página 157 - Clutha was removed from its place " by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its " lonely head : The moss whistled to the wind. The " fox looked out from the windows; the rank grass " of the wall waved round his head. Desolate is the " dwelling of Moina; silence is in the house of her