Fragments of Ancient Poetry is a collection of poems by Scottish poet James MacPherson. The book contains translations of ancient Gaelic poetry, including the epic poem Ossian. MacPherson claimed that the poems were based on ancient manuscripts that he had discovered, but there is controversy over whether these manuscripts actually existed or if MacPherson simply invented them. Regardless, the poems had a significant impact on the Romantic movement...
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