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The poems of Ossian

&c. containing the Poetical Works of James Macpherson, Esq. in prose and rhyme: with notes and illustrations by Malcolm Laing. In two volumes
Macpherson, James (1736-1796)

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VOL. I.
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FINGAL, AN EPIC POEM;
 I. 
BOOK I.
 II. 
BOOK II.
 III. 
BOOK III.
 IV. 
BOOK IV.
 V. 
BOOK V.
 VI. 
BOOK VI.
  
COMALA:
  
THE WAR OF CAROS:
  
THE WAR OF INIS-THONA:
  
THE BATTLE OF LORA:
  
CONLATH AND CUTHONA:
  
CARTHON:
  
THE DEATH OF CUTHULLIN:
  
DAR-THULA:
  
CARRIC-THURA:
  
THE SONGS OF SELMA.
  
CALTHON AND COLMAL:
  
LATHMON:
  
OITHONA:
  
CROMA:
  
BERRATHON:
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VOL. II.
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TEMORA:
 I. 
BOOK I.
 II. 
BOOK II.
 III. 
BOOK III.
 IV. 
BOOK IV.
 V. 
BOOK V.
 VI. 
BOOK VI.
 VII. 
BOOK VII.
 VIII. 
BOOK VIII.
  
CATHLIN OF CLUTHA:
  
SULMALLA OF LUMON:
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CATH-LODA:
 1. 
DUAN FIRST.
 2. 
DUAN SECOND.
 3. 
DUAN THIRD.
  
OINA-MORUL:
  
COLNA-DONA:
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FRAGMENTS OF ANCIENT POETRY,
 I. 
I. SHILRIC, VINVELA.
 II. 
II. [I sit by the mossy fountain]
 III. 
III. [Evening is grey on the hills]
 IV. 
IV. CONNAL, CRIMORA.
 V. 
V. Autumn is dark on the mountains
 VI. 
VI. [Son of the noble Fingal]
 VII. 
VII. [Why openest thou afresh the spring of my grief]
 VIII. 
VIII. [By the side of a rock]
 IX. 
IX. [Thou askest, fair daughter of the isles!]
 X. 
X. [It is night]
 XI. 
XI. [Sad! I am sad indeed]
 XII. 
XII. RYNO, ALPIN.
 XIII. 
XIII. [Raise high the stones]
 XIV. 
XIV. [Cuchulaid sat by the wall]
 XV. 
XV. DUCHOMMAR, MORNA.
 XVI. 
XVI. [Where is Gealchossa]
  
THE SIX BARDS,
  
DEATH:
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THE HUNTER:
 I. 
CANTO I.
 II. 
CANTO II.
 III. 
CANTO III.
 IV. 
CANTO IV.
 V. 
CANTO V.
 VI. 
CANTO VI.
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CANTO VII.
  
Monday, 29th November.
  
November 30.
  
2d December, 1756.
 VIII. 
CANTO VIII.
 IX. 
CANTO IX.
 X. 
CANTO X.
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THE HIGHLANDER:
 I. 
CANTO I.
 II. 
CANTO II.
 III. 
CANTO III.
 IV. 
CANTO IV.
 V. 
CANTO V.
 VI. 
CANTO VI.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
  
ON THE DEATH OF MARSHAL KEITH.
  
ON THE DEATH OF A YOUNG LADY.
  
TO THE MEMORY OF AN OFFICER KILLED BEFORE QUEBEC.
  
THE EARL MARISCHAL'S WELCOME TO HIS NATIVE COUNTRY.
  
HORACE,
  
HORACE,
  
THE CHOICE.
  
WRITTEN ON A BIRTH DAY.
  
THE MONUMENT.
  
VERSES SENT TO A YOUNG LADY, WITH SOME TRANSLATIONS FROM THE ERSE.
  
THE CAVE.
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FRAGMENTS FROM TYRTÆUS.
 I. 
FRAGMENT I.
 II. 
FRAGMENT II.
 III. 
FRAGMENT III.
  
ANACREON, ODE IV. TRANSLATED.
  
ANACREON, ODE VIII.
  
IN ANSWER TO A LETTER FROM DELIA.
  
A NIGHT-PIECE.
  
VERSES TO A YOUNG LADY.
  
FRAGMENT OF A NORTHERN TALE.
  
THE SAME VERSIFIED.

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ANACREON, ODE IV. TRANSLATED.

On beds of tender myrtles laid,
Or melelot, supinely spread,
I'll quaff the bowl; and, neatly dressed,
Young Cupid shall direct the feast.
Come! fill the bumper to the brim,
And heave away this load of time.
This little wheel of vital day
Shall shortly roll itself away;
And when we to the dust return,
How small our portion in the urn!
Why should you then anoint my stone?
Or earth with rich libations drown?
No: rather let my sleeky hair
The fragrant oil and chaplet wear,
While yet I live; with all her charms
Call too my fair-one to my arms;
And Love, before from hence I go,
To mingle with the shades below;
Here let me dissipate my care,
And leave my grief in upper air.
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