"My soul, that never melted before; it was like the steel of my sword"
— Ossian; Macpherson, James (1736-1796)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for T. Becket
Date
1762
Metaphor
"My soul, that never melted before; it was like the steel of my sword"
Metaphor in Context
When Oscar beheld his friends around, his white breast rose with a sigh.--The groans, he said, of my aged heroes, the howling of my dogs, the sudden bursts of the song of grief, have melted Oscar's soul. My soul, that never melted before; it was like the steel of my sword.--Ossian, carry me to my hills! Raise the stones of my renown. Place the horn of a deer, and my sword within my narrow dwelling.--The torrent hereafter may raise the earth of my tomb: the hunter may find the steel, and say, "This has been Oscar's sword."
(p. 182)
(p. 182)
Categories
Provenance
Searching "soul" and "steel" in HDIS (Poetry). Text taken from ECCO.
Citation
8 entries in ESTC (1762, 1763, 1771) .
Text from 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>
Temora was published separately in 1763.
ESTC note: Not translated, "In fact by James Macpherson."
Text from 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>
Temora was published separately in 1763.
ESTC note: Not translated, "In fact by James Macpherson."
Date of Entry
06/12/2005
Date of Review
01/18/2006
