by James Macpherson (pretending to translate "Ossian") (1736 - 1796)
Translation by Johann Gottlieb Rhode (1762 - 1827)

Rest, hapless children of youth!
Language: English 
Rest, hapless children of youth! 
Rest at the noise of that mossy stream! 
The virgins will see your tomb, at the chase, 
And turn away their weeping eyes. 
Your fame will be in song. 
The voice of the harp will be heard in your praise. 
The daughters of Selma shall hear it! 
Your renown shall be in other lands. 
Rest, children of youth, 
At the noise of the mossy stream!

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Confirmed with The Poems of Ossian, translated by James Macpherson, Esq., in two Volumes. Vol. II. A New Edition, London: printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1796, page 182. Appears in Berrathon.


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Ossians Klage um Uthal und Oithona
 (Sung text for setting by F. Götzloff)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English 
Ruhet, unglückliche Kinder der Jugend, 
beym Rauschen des moosigem Stroms! 
Die Jungfrau'n sehn auf der Jagd euer Grabmal, 
Und wenden ihr weinendes Aug'.  --   
Euer Ruhm lebt im Gesange,  
Euer Lob ertönen Harfen,
Töcher Selma's werden's hören --
Euern Nachruhm fremde Länder! 

Ruhet, Kinder der Jugend, 
beym Rauschen des moosigem Stroms!

Composition:

    Set to music by Friedrich Adrian Götzloff (d. 1836), "Ossians Klage um Uthal und Oithona", c1806, confirmed with German Settings of Ossianic Texts, 1770-1815, ed. by Sarah Clemmens Waltz, A-R Editions, Middleton, Wisconsin, page xlvi

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