Come to the feast of Fingal, Carthon, from the rolling sea! partake of the feast of the king, or lift the spear of war! The ghosts of our foes are many: but renowned are the friends of Morven! Behold that field, O Carthon! many a green hill rises there, with mossy stones and rustling grass; these are the tombs of Fingal's foes, the Sons of the rolling sea!
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Authorship:
- by James Macpherson (pretending to translate "Ossian") (1736 - 1796), no title, appears in Carthon [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by (Johann Nepomuk Cosmas) Michael Denis (1729 - 1800) , no title, appears in Die Gedichte Ossians, eines alten celtischen Dichters, in Carthon, ein Gedicht [an adaptation] ; composed by Christian Gottlob Neefe.
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- FRE French (Français) (Auguste Lacaussade) , no title, first published 1842
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« Viens à la fête de Fingal, ô Carthon, descendu de la mer ! Viens prendre part à la fête du roi, ou lève la lance de la guerre ! Les fantômes de nos ennemis sont nombreux ; mais renommés sont les amis de Morven ! Ô Carthon ! vois cette plaine où s’élève plus d’un vert monticule, avec des pierres couvertes de mousse et d’herbe bruissante, ce sont les tombes des ennemis de Fingal, les fils de l’Océan ! »
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Confirmed with James Macpherson, Ossian - Oeuvres complètes, translated by Auguste Lacaussade, Delloye, Paris, 1842, page 46. Note: this is a prose text. Line breaks have been added.
Authorship:
- by Auguste Lacaussade (1815 - 1897), no title, first published 1842 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by James Macpherson (pretending to translate "Ossian") (1736 - 1796), no title, appears in Carthon
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-08
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