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98 MODERN GAELIC BARD.->.
Last week, as I wander' d
Up past the old trees,
I moum'd, while I ponder'd,
What changes one sees I
Just then the fair stranger
Walk'd by with my dear —
Dreaming, unthinking,
I had wander'd too near,
Till, "Heich!" then I cried,—
When I saw
The girl, with her lover, draw
Close to my side —
"Anna, the yellow-hair'd,
Dost thou not see
How thy love unimpair'd
Wearieth me?
'Twas as strong in my absence,
When banish'd from thee —
As heart-stirring, powerful,
Deep as you see —
Heich ! it is now,
At this time,
When up like a leafy bough,
High doth it climb."
Then, haughtily speaking,
She airily said,
" 'Tis in vain for you seeking
To hold up your head :
There were six wooers sought me
While you stay'd away ;
And the absentee surely
Deserved less than they.
Ha! ha! ha!
Are you ill?
But if Love seeks to kill you — bah !
Small is his skill ! "

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Selections from the Gaelic bards
Description"Metrically translated with biographical prefaces and explanatory notes, also original poems." Poems in the original Gaelic and in English translation.
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Blair Collection
DescriptionA 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.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected 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.