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18 MODERN GAELIC BAUDS.
Work the jib-sheet without flinching,
When she nears the wind ;
Bring it up and down in order,
To each fitting hold,
As the wind may chance to follow,
Or the high topp'd wave ;
And if he find the tempest rising,
Or loud groaning come,
He '11 bring it, with good grasp heroic,
To the gunwale down.
THE LOOK-OUT ORDERED TO THE FORE.
Now, rising, let this slow man go
Up to the prow ;
Our harbour with unerring knowledge
He must show ;
Every art descrying keenly
Whence the wind can blow,
And telling to the steersman surely
The right way to go.
Each landmark he must note and gather
From afar,
Since it, with Him who rules the seasons,
Is our guiding star.
THE MAN RET ASIDE FOR THE HALYARD.
At the halyard place this wight
Who is no sloven,
But athletic, full of might,
Skilled and well-proven.
Careful ever, free of haste,
With dark frowns ready ;
And to guide his rope well placed,
Dainty but not heady.
With a tug and with a twist
The sail restraining,
Work the jib-sheet without flinching,
When she nears the wind ;
Bring it up and down in order,
To each fitting hold,
As the wind may chance to follow,
Or the high topp'd wave ;
And if he find the tempest rising,
Or loud groaning come,
He '11 bring it, with good grasp heroic,
To the gunwale down.
THE LOOK-OUT ORDERED TO THE FORE.
Now, rising, let this slow man go
Up to the prow ;
Our harbour with unerring knowledge
He must show ;
Every art descrying keenly
Whence the wind can blow,
And telling to the steersman surely
The right way to go.
Each landmark he must note and gather
From afar,
Since it, with Him who rules the seasons,
Is our guiding star.
THE MAN RET ASIDE FOR THE HALYARD.
At the halyard place this wight
Who is no sloven,
But athletic, full of might,
Skilled and well-proven.
Careful ever, free of haste,
With dark frowns ready ;
And to guide his rope well placed,
Dainty but not heady.
With a tug and with a twist
The sail restraining,
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Blair Collection > Selections from the Gaelic bards > (42) |
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Description | A selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray. |
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Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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