"Carthon", pp. 163–164
The Poems of Ossian
James Macpherson: Likeness
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"The Songs of Selma"
The Poems of Ossian
"Carric-thura". Compare:
Τὼ δ᾽ ἄνεῳ καὶ ἄναυδοι ἐφέστασαν ἀλλήλοισιν,
ἢ δρυσίν, ἢ μακρῇσιν ἐειδόμενοι ἐλάτῃσιν,
τε παρᾶσσον ἕκηλοι ἐν οὔρεσιν ἐρρίζωνται,
νηνεμίῃ· μετὰ δ᾽ αὖτις ὑπὸ ῥιπῆς ἀνέμοιο
κινύμεναι ὁμάδησαν ἀπείριτον.
The pair then faced each other, silent, unable to speak, like oaks or tall firs, which at first when there is no wind stand quiet and firmly rooted on the mountains, but afterwards stir in the wind and rustle together ceaselessly.
Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica (3rd century BC), Book III, lines 967–971 (tr. Richard Hunter)
The Poems of Ossian
“Often does the memory of former times come, like the evening sun, on my soul.”
"Conlath and Cuthona"
The Poems of Ossian
Book III. Compare: Parcere subjectis et debellare superbos. ("Spare the conquered, battle down the proud.") Virgil, Aeneid (19 BC), Book VI, line 853 (tr. Robert Fitzgerald).
The Poems of Ossian, Fingal, an ancient Epic Poem
Book III
The Poems of Ossian, Fingal, an ancient Epic Poem
Book I
The Poems of Ossian, Fingal, an ancient Epic Poem
"Dar-thula"
The Poems of Ossian
“Hail, Carril of other times! Thy voice is like the harp in the halls of Tura.”
Book V
The Poems of Ossian, Fingal, an ancient Epic Poem
“Sorrow, like a cloud on the sun, shades the soul of Clessammor.”
"Carthon"
The Poems of Ossian
"Cath-Loda", Duan III
The Poems of Ossian
“The music was like the memory of joys that are past, pleasant and mournful to the soul.”
"The Death of Cuthullin"
The Poems of Ossian
Book III
The Poems of Ossian, Fingal, an ancient Epic Poem