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Why openest thou afresh the spring of	A
my grief O son of Alpin inquiring	B
how Oscur fell My eyes are blind with	C
tears but memory beams on my heart	D
How can I relate the mournful death of	A
the head of the people Prince of the	E
warriours Oscur my son shall I see thee	F
no more	G
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He fell as the moon in a storm as	H
the sun from the midst of his course	I
when clouds rise from the waste of the	E
waves when the blackness of the storm	J
inwraps the rocks of Ardannider I like	K
an ancient oak on Morven I moulder	L
alone in my place The blast hath lopped	M
my branches away and I tremble	N
at the wings of the north Prince of	A
the warriors Oscur my son shall I see	F
thee no more	G
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DERMID	M
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DERMID and Oscur were one They	O
reaped the battle together Their	P
friendship was strong as their steel and	M
death walked between them to the field	M
They came on the foe like two rocks	Q
falling from the brows of Ardven Their	P
swords were stained with the blood of	A
the valiant warriours fainted at their	P
names Who was a match for Oscur	P
but Dermid and who for Dermid but	M
Oscur	P
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THEY killed mighty Dargo in the	E
field Dargo before invincible His	R
daughter was fair as the morn mild	M
as the beam of night Her eyes like	K
two stars in a shower her breath the	E
gale of spring her breasts as the	E
new fallen snow floating on the moving heath	S
The warriours saw her and loved their	P
souls were fixed on the maid Each	T
loved her as his fame each must	M
possess her or die But her soul was fixed	M
on Oscur my son was the youth of	A
her love She forgot the blood of her	P
father and loved the hand that slew	U
him	V
	-
Son of Oscian said Dermid I love	A
O Oscur I love this maid But her	P
soul cleaveth unto thee and nothing	B
can heal Dermid Here pierce this	W
bosom Oscur relieve me my friend	M
with thy sword	M
	-
My sword son of Morny shall never	P
be stained with the blood of Dermid	M
	-
Who then is worthy to slay me O	X
Oscur son of Oscian Let not my life	Y
pass away unknown Let none but Oscur	P
slay me Send me with honour to	M
the grave and let my death be renowned	M
Dermid make use of thy sword	M
son of Moray wield thy steel Would	M
that I fell with thee that my death	Z
came from the hand of Dermid	M
	-
They fought by the brook of the	E
mountain by the streams of Branno	A2
Blood tinged the silvery stream and	M
crudled round the mossy stones Dermid	M
the graceful fell fell and smiled in	A2
death	Z
	-
And fallest thou son of Morny	A2
fallest thou by Oscur's hand Dermid	M
invincible in war thus do I see thee fall	B2
He went and returned to the maid	M
whom he loved returned but she perceived	M
his grief	C2
	-
Why that gloom son of Oscian	A2
what shades thy mighty soul	D2
	-
Though once renowned for the bow	E2
O maid I have lost my fame Fixed on	A2
a tree by the brook of the hill is the	E
shield of Gormur the brave whom in	A2
battle I slew I have wasted the day	M
in vain nor could my arrow pierce it	M
	-
Let me try son Oscian the skill	F2
of Dargo's daughter My hands were	P
taught the bow my father delighted in	A2
my skill	F2
	-
She went He stood behind the	E
shield Her arrow flew and pierced his	R
breast A	E
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Footnote A Nothing was held by the ancient Highlanders more essential to their glory than to die by the hand of some person worthy or renowned This was the occasion of Oscur's contriving to be slain by his mistress now that he was weary of life In those early times suicide was utterly unknown among that people and no traces of it are found in the old poetry Whence the translator suspects the account that follows of the daughter of Dargo killing herself to be the interpolation of some later Bard	M
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Blessed be that hand of snow and	M
blessed thy bow of yew I fall resolved	M
on death and who but the daughter of	A
Dargo was worthy to slay me Lay me	F
in the earth my fair one lay me by	G2
the side of Dermid	M
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Oscur I have the blood the soul	D2
of the mighty Dargo Well pleased I	G2
can meet death My sorrow I can end	M
thus She pierced her white bosom	H2
with steel She fell she trembled and	M
died	M
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By the brook of the hill their graves	I2
are laid a birch's unequal shade covers	J2
their tomb Often on their green earthen	A2
tombs the branchy sons of the mountain	A2
feed when mid day is all in flames	K2
and silence is over all the hills	L2

James Macpherson

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