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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OSSIAN'S SONG OF SORROW, by JAMES MACPHERSON Poem Explanation Poet Analysis First Line: Six childless men were we, who ne'er thought harm Alternate Author Name(s): Ossian Subject(s): Friendship | |||
Autumn is dark on the mountains, grey mist rests on the hills. The whirlwind is heard on the heath. Dark rolls the river through the narrow plain. A tree stands alone on the hill, and marks the grave of Connal. The leaves whirl round with the wind, and strew the grave of the dead. The soul of Connal is on his way to the isles of the ever-blue. There he walks with the heroes of old, on the resplendent walks of the clouds. But when shall we behold the host of the south? When shall they come with their sounds and their fire? Till they come, the steps of Connal will be near to the steps of his friends. Dear to his friends is the steps of the hero through the mournful vale. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOU & I BELONG IN THIS KITCHEN by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JASON THE REAL by TONY HOAGLAND NO RESURRECTION by ROBINSON JEFFERS CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 18 by JAMES JOYCE THE STONE TABLE by GALWAY KINNELL ALMSWOMAN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN TO AN ENEMY by MAXWELL BODENHEIM SONNET: 10. TO A FRIEND by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES FRAGMENTS OF ANCIENT POETRY, COLLECTED IN HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND, SELECTION by JAMES MACPHERSON |
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