The Works of Ossian the Son of Fingal Author:James Macpherson General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1765 Original Publisher: Printed for T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt Subjects: Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books editi... more »on of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: I Saw, anfwered Allad the old, Ullin the fon of Cairbar. He came like a cloud from Cromla; and he hummed a furly fong like a blaft in a leaflefs wood. He entered the hall of Selma. Lamderg, he faid, moft dreadful of men, fight or yield to Ullin. Lamderg, replied Gel- choffa, the fon of battle, is not here. He fights Ulfadda mighty chief. He is not here, thou firft of men. But Lamderg never yielded. He will fight the fon of Cairbar. Lovely art thou, faid terrible Ullin, daughter of the generous Tuathal. I carry thee to Cairbar's halls. The valiant fhall have Gel- choffa. Three days I remain on Cromla, to wait that fon of battle, Lamderg. On the fourth Gelchofla is mine, if the mighty Lamderg flics. Allad ! faid the chief of Cromla, peace to thy dreams in the cave. Ferchios, found the horn of Lamderg that Ullin may hear on Cromla. Lamderg, like a roai'ing ftorm, af- cende. d the hill from Selma. He hummed a furly fong as he went, like the noife of a falling ftream. He ftood like a cloud on the hill, that varies its form to the wind. He rolled a ftone, The reader will find this pafTage altered from what it was in the fragments of ancient poetry. It is delivered down very differently by tradition, and the tranfl. ator has chofen that readr ing which favours leaft of bombaft. H 3 the -the fign of war. Ullin heard in Cairbar's hall. The hero heard, with joy, his foe, and took his father's fpear. A fmile brightens his dark- brown cheek, as he places his fword by his fide. The dagger glittere...« less