[225] Cf. Die Lieder Sineds des Barden, pp. 1–2.
[226] Cp. Cath–Loda, ii, p. 133, l. 26; The Songs of Selma, p. 212, l.5; also The Death of Cuthullin, p. 292, l. 22; “The silent valleys of night,” etc.
[227] Cp. The Death of Cuthullin, p. 292, ll. 20–1.
[229] Cf. Lieder Sineds, p. 4. It was a common circumstance for a German poet at that time to assume that the mantle of some great forerunner had fallen upon his shoulders, _teste_ Nicolai, who wished to be considered Lessing’s successor; Denis hints at his representation of Ossian more than once.
[230] Cf. Hofmann–Wellenhof, _op. cit._, p. 213.
[231] Cf. Lieder Sineds, p. 85, Gruss des Tages. Cp. Beurlaubung des Tages, p. 142: “Auf Ihren Barden sey der Geist der Lieder.”
[232] Cf. _ibid._, Theresia die Mutter, p. 107.
[233] Cp. _e. g._, Berrathon, p. 380, last 3 ll.
[234] Cf. Temora, Bk. iv, p. 334, ll. 7–8; Bk. vii, p. 357, l. 23, etc.
[237] Cf. _ibid._, p. 100. Also Urlaub von der sichtbaren Welt (p. 287), and Drittes Vaterlandslied (p. 223): “Wonne der Wehmuth.” Cp. Goethe’s poem, “Wonne der Wehmuth,” and _infra_, p. 150.
[239] Cf. _ibid._, p. 110. Cp. Theresia die Starkmüthige, p. 120: “Des ... Schwertes Blitz,” and p. 121: “Blitz des Schwertes.”
[240] Cf. Calthon and Colmal, p. 184, ll. 22–3, The Songs of Selma, p. 211, ll. 6–7, Fingal, Bk. iv, p. 248, l. 26, etc., etc. Cp. _infra_, p. 142.
[241] Cf. Sul–Malla of Lumon, p. 201, ll. 17–9.
[243] Cf. Fingal, Bk. iii, p. 239, l. 23, etc.
[244] Similarly An den Obersten der Barden Teuts, p. 184, etc.
[245] Cf. Fingal, Bk. vi, p. 264, l. 25, etc.
[247] Cf. Lieder Sineds, p. 117. Cp. Goethe’s Faust, Part 2, l. 11529.
[250] The “Geist der Lieder” is repeatedly referred to in the Lieder Sineds, _e. g._, pp. 142, 182, etc. Cf. Ehrmann, _op. cit._, p. 40, and cp. _infra_, pp. 141 and 147.
[251] Cf. The War of Caros, p. 188, ll. 1–2: “The light of the song rises in Ossian’s soul.”
[252] Cf. Temora, Bk. iv, p. 338, ll. 8–9: “The light–winged thought that flies across the soul.” Bk. vi, p. 350, ll. 11–2: “As lightning ... a thought came rushing along my soul.”
[253] Cf. Dar–Thula, p. 279, last 2 ll.: “Thy soul was generous and mild, like the hour of the setting sun,” etc.
[254] Cf. Carric–Thura, p. 146, ll. 3–4; cp. Temora, Bk. iii, p. 328, l. 6; etc.; also Ossians und Sineds Lieder, 1784, Vol. 4, p. 148.