By Henrietta Marshall
English Literature For girls and boys is a brilliant advent to vintage literature for kids to childrens.
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Let mine ear forget in the sound the dismal noise of arms. Let a hundred harps be near to gladden the king of Lochlin. He must depart from us with joy. None ever went sad from Fingal. The lightening of my sword is against the strong in fight. '' ' So at the bidding of Fingal the minstrel sang, and soothed the grief of S'varan. And when the music ceased Fingal spoke once more :- ' '' King of Lochlin, let thy £ace brighten with gladness, and thine ear delight in the harp. Dreadful as the storm of thine ocean thou bast poured thy valour forth ; thy voice has been like the voice of thousands when they engage in war.
Samuel Johnson, a great writer of whom we shall hear more later, was the man of his day whose opinion about books '\Vas most thought of. He hated Scotland and the Scottish folk, and did not believe that any good thing could come from them. He read the poems and said that they were rubbish, such as any child could write, and that l\'Iacpherson had made them all up. So a quarrel, which has become famous, began between the t\vo men. And as Dr. Johnson was far better known than Macpherson, most people agreed with him and be lieved that l\facpherson had told a ' literary lie,' and that he had made up all the stories.
Then Swaran chose to depart in peace. He had no more will to fight against Fingal, so the t'vo heroes swore friendship together. Then once again Fingal caJied for the song of minstrels. 1 A hundred voices at once arose, a hundred harps were strung. ' And so the night passed till ' morning trembles with the beam of the east ; it glimmers on Cromla's side. Over Lena is heard the horn of Swaran. Tlie sons of the ocean irather around. Silent and sad thev • • Ma1epL'1an. 3aU1L'1U1eHHb1lil aBTopcKL'IM npaBOM 26 ENGLISH LITE RATURE rise on the 'vave.