Potential Titles: James MacPherson
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somethingdarkerBy the fount of the rock - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: I: Shilric, Vinvela"
When the rushes are nodding - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: I: Shilric, Vinvela"
Sit not by the nodding rushes - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: I: Shilric, Vinvela"
No more they dread the wind - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: I: Shilric, Vinvela"
On the top of the hill of winds - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: II"
The deer descend from the hill - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: II"
Alone in the winter-house - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: II"
Come on the wings of the gale - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: II"
On the blast of the mountain, come - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: II"
Who rides on that meteor of fire - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: III"
My love in the light of steel - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: IV: Connal, Crimora"
Like grey mist on sable wave - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: IV: Connal, Crimora"
Give me those arms of light - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: IV: Connal, Crimora"
And wound me with remembrance - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: VI"
Pursuing the sons of the hill - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: VI"
Our swords redress the injured - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: VI"
As a wreath of snow before the sun - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: VI"
He fell as the moon in a storm - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: VII"
Reaped the battle together - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: VII"
Death walked between them to the field - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: VII"
When mid-day is all in flames - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: VII"
The wing of time is laden with care - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: IX"
Forlorn on the hill of storms - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: X"
Forlorn on the hill of winds - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: X"
My ghost shall stand in the wind - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: X"
Five grey dogs attended his steps - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: XI"
Loads the wind with his groans - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: XI"
Walk in mournful conference together - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: XI"
Four stones with their heads of moss - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: XII: Ryno, Alpin"
From the hill of the flying deer - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: XIV: Duchommar, Morna"
A storm in leafless wood - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: XV"
I am choosing to credit James MacPherson for these poems. The controversy around them is old enough that I doubt it can be resolved to my satisfaction, and there's enough politics involved for me to consider all assertions unreliable. MacPherson said that he collected and translated bits of Scottish oral tradition, and he may well have done. His critics range from saying that he made things up out of whole cloth to saying he stole Irish stories to saying he cherrypicked bits of real Scottish songs, now lost, and then mashed them together into something altogether different. Given that part of those criticisms was the implication that the Scots could not possibly have ancient stories of any importance or artistry... Well. I'll list MacPherson as author because he was definitely heavily involved.
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When the rushes are nodding - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: I: Shilric, Vinvela"
Sit not by the nodding rushes - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: I: Shilric, Vinvela"
No more they dread the wind - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: I: Shilric, Vinvela"
On the top of the hill of winds - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: II"
The deer descend from the hill - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: II"
Alone in the winter-house - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: II"
Come on the wings of the gale - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: II"
On the blast of the mountain, come - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: II"
Who rides on that meteor of fire - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: III"
My love in the light of steel - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: IV: Connal, Crimora"
Like grey mist on sable wave - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: IV: Connal, Crimora"
Give me those arms of light - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: IV: Connal, Crimora"
And wound me with remembrance - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: VI"
Pursuing the sons of the hill - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: VI"
Our swords redress the injured - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: VI"
As a wreath of snow before the sun - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: VI"
He fell as the moon in a storm - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: VII"
Reaped the battle together - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: VII"
Death walked between them to the field - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: VII"
When mid-day is all in flames - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: VII"
The wing of time is laden with care - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: IX"
Forlorn on the hill of storms - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: X"
Forlorn on the hill of winds - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: X"
My ghost shall stand in the wind - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: X"
Five grey dogs attended his steps - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: XI"
Loads the wind with his groans - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: XI"
Walk in mournful conference together - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: XI"
Four stones with their heads of moss - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: XII: Ryno, Alpin"
From the hill of the flying deer - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: XIV: Duchommar, Morna"
A storm in leafless wood - James MacPherson "Fragments of Ancient Poetry: XV"
I am choosing to credit James MacPherson for these poems. The controversy around them is old enough that I doubt it can be resolved to my satisfaction, and there's enough politics involved for me to consider all assertions unreliable. MacPherson said that he collected and translated bits of Scottish oral tradition, and he may well have done. His critics range from saying that he made things up out of whole cloth to saying he stole Irish stories to saying he cherrypicked bits of real Scottish songs, now lost, and then mashed them together into something altogether different. Given that part of those criticisms was the implication that the Scots could not possibly have ancient stories of any importance or artistry... Well. I'll list MacPherson as author because he was definitely heavily involved.
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