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16679077 No.16679077 [Reply] [Original]

Why does Ossian the greatest poet brought upon the earth make this board seethe so much?

>> No.16679115

>>16679077
tell us, WHY is OSSIAN the best POET brought on EARTH

>> No.16679196

>>16679115
have you read Ossian? if not, do it and you'll understand

>> No.16679201

>>16679077
link to a website that has his poems displayed in text no or I will never read him

>> No.16679233

>>16679077
Because he's a fabrication passed off as genuine by some writer in the 1700s

>> No.16679239

>>16679077
Ossian is not real, anon! The poems were really composed by James Macpherson. The academic consensus regards them as a forgery; if you think otherwise, you have a lot of explaining to do.

>> No.16679240

>>16679201
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Poems_of_Ossian

>> No.16679257

>>16679077
I dunno anon, you seem the only one to care.

>> No.16679259

>>16679240
I'm sorry, anon, but you must be mistaken - these are the works of James Macpherson, but not Ossian

>> No.16679413

>>16679239
>>16679233
>>16679257
>>16679259
why are you so racist against scots?