"Often, like the evening-sun, comes the memory of former times on my soul."
— Ossian; Macpherson, James (1736-1796)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Becket
Date
1762
Metaphor
"Often, like the evening-sun, comes the memory of former times on my soul."
Metaphor in Context
Delightful is thy presence, O Fingal! it is like the sun on Cromla, when the hunter mourns his absence for a season, and sees him between the clouds.
Did not Ossian hear a voice? or is it the sound of days that are no more? Often, like the evening-sun, comes the memory of former times on my soul.
His countenance is settled from war; and is calm as the evening beam, that from the cloud of the well looks on Cuna's silent rake.
Did not Ossian hear a voice? or is it the sound of days that are no more? Often, like the evening-sun, comes the memory of former times on my soul.
His countenance is settled from war; and is calm as the evening beam, that from the cloud of the well looks on Cuna's silent rake.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "mind" in ECCO's Encyclopedia Britannica (1771)
Citation
8 entries in ESTC (1762, 1763, 1771) .
Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem, in Six Books: Together With Several Other Poems, Composed by Ossian the Son of Fingal. Translated from the Galic Language, by James Macpherson. (London: Printed for T. Becket, 1762). <Link to ESTC>
ESTC note: Not translated, "In fact by James Macpherson."
Fingal, an Ancient Epic Poem, in Six Books: Together With Several Other Poems, Composed by Ossian the Son of Fingal. Translated from the Galic Language, by James Macpherson. (London: Printed for T. Becket, 1762). <Link to ESTC>
ESTC note: Not translated, "In fact by James Macpherson."
Date of Entry
10/01/2004
