Fragments Of Ancient Poetry, Fragment Vi Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DEFAGH IJGKLFFFMNO PQDNRASNNA MITAMIUA VFWMXYZYAIM SYA2UFAB2FNIFYC2YD2A E2OF2DNG2AH2I2 J2K2DBAAFJ2| Son of the noble Fingal Oscian | A |
| Prince of men what tears run down | A |
| the cheeks of age what shades thy | B |
| mighty soul | C |
| - | |
| Memory son of Alpin memory | D |
| wounds the aged Of former times are | E |
| my thoughts my thoughts are of the | F |
| noble Fingal The race of the king return | A |
| into my mind and wound me with | G |
| remembrance | H |
| - | |
| One day returned from the sport of | I |
| the mountains from pursuing the sons | J |
| of the hill we covered this heath with | G |
| our youth Fingal the mighty was here | K |
| and Oscur my son great in war Fair | L |
| on our sight from the sea at once a | F |
| virgin came Her breast was like the | F |
| snow of one night Her cheek like the | F |
| bud of the rose Mild was her blue | M |
| rolling eye but sorrow was big in her | N |
| heart | O |
| - | |
| Fingal renowned in war she cries | P |
| sons of the king preserve me Speak secure | Q |
| replies the king daughter of beauty | D |
| speak our ear is open to all our | N |
| swords redress the injured I fly from | R |
| Ullin she cries from Ullin famous in | A |
| war I fly from the embrace of him | S |
| who would debase my blood Cremor | N |
| the friend of men was my father Cremor | N |
| the Prince of Inverne | A |
| - | |
| Fingal's younger sons arose Carryl | M |
| expert in the bow Fillan beloved of | I |
| the fair and Fergus first in the race | T |
| Who from the farthest Lochlyn | A |
| who to the seas of Molochasquir who | M |
| dares hurt the maid whom the sons of | I |
| Fingal guard Daughter of beauty rest | U |
| secure rest in peace thou fairest of women | A |
| - | |
| Far in the blue distance of the deep | V |
| some spot appeared like the back of the | F |
| ridge wave But soon the ship increased | W |
| on our sight The hand of Ullin drew | M |
| her to land The mountains trembled | X |
| as he moved The hills shook at his | Y |
| steps Dire rattled his armour around | Z |
| him Death and destruction were in his | Y |
| eyes His stature like the roe of Morven | A |
| He moved in the lightning of | I |
| steel | M |
| - | |
| Our warriors fell before him | S |
| like the field before the reapers Fingal's | Y |
| three sons he bound He plunged | A2 |
| his sword into the fair one's breast | U |
| She fell as a wreath of snow before the | F |
| sun in spring Her bosom heaved in | A |
| death her soul came forth in blood | B2 |
| Oscur my son came down the | F |
| mighty in battle descended His armour | N |
| rattled as thunder and the lightning of | I |
| his eyes was terrible There was the | F |
| clashing of swords there was the voice | Y |
| of steel They struck and they thrust | C2 |
| they digged for death with their swords | Y |
| But death was distant far and delayed | D2 |
| to come The sun began to decline | A |
| and the cow herd thought of home | E2 |
| Then Oscur's keen steel found the heart | O |
| of Ullin He fell like a mountain oak | F2 |
| covered over with glittering frost He | D |
| shone like a rock on the plain Here | N |
| the daughter of beauty lieth and | G2 |
| here the bravest of men Here one | A |
| day ended the fair and the valiant | H2 |
| Here rest the pursuer and the pursued | I2 |
| - | |
| Son of Alpin the woes of the aged | J2 |
| are many their tears are for the past | K2 |
| This raised my sorrow warriour memory | D |
| awaked my grief Oscur my | B |
| son was brave but Oscur is now no | A |
| more Thou hast heard my grief O | A |
| son of Alpin forgive the tears of the | F |
| aged | J2 |
James Macpherson
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