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A P O E M. 169
no more awake my foul from its thought, as they cry, ' Behold
the fliip of Gaul !' Shall the harps of virgins, and the voice of
bards, no more be heard when thou art coming ? — I fee not the
red-ftreaming of thy banners on the heath ; the tread of thy foot
is not there ; nor the found of thy vmmilling arrow. The bound-
ing of thy dogs is not on the hill ; they mournfully howl in the
door of thy empty houfe. The deer grazes on the plain before
them : but they weep on ; they do not heed him ; for they fee
not Gaul returning. — Alas ! fons of the chafe, the day of his re-
turn is paft. His glad voice fhall call you no more, in the morrnng,
to ptirfue the fteps of roes through rocky mountains. Here, for-
getfLil of the chafe, he refts ; nor can even the found of Morven's
fliield, O Gaul, awake thee !
" Strength of the warrior, what art thou! To-day, tliou rolled
the battle, a cloud of duft, before thee ; and the dead flrew thy
path, as the withered leaves mark the courfe of a ghoft of night.
— To-inorrow, the fliort dream of thy valour is over ; the terror
of thoufands is vaniihed. The beetle, on his dufky wing, hums
the fong of triumph over the mighty ; and, unmolefled, offends
him. —
" Why, fon of the feeble, didlt thou wlfh for the ftrength of
tlie chief of Strumon, when thou didft behold him brighten-
ing in the courfe of his Heel, as brightens a pillar of ice in the
midft of fun-beams ? Didft thou not know tliat the ftrength
of the warrior foon fails, as melts in the beam that ice which thou
hafl been viewing ? Its date is lliort ; like the bright cloud that
glitters to the ray of the evening. The hunter fees it from his
rock, as he hies him home, and admires the rain-bow form of its
Y beauty.
no more awake my foul from its thought, as they cry, ' Behold
the fliip of Gaul !' Shall the harps of virgins, and the voice of
bards, no more be heard when thou art coming ? — I fee not the
red-ftreaming of thy banners on the heath ; the tread of thy foot
is not there ; nor the found of thy vmmilling arrow. The bound-
ing of thy dogs is not on the hill ; they mournfully howl in the
door of thy empty houfe. The deer grazes on the plain before
them : but they weep on ; they do not heed him ; for they fee
not Gaul returning. — Alas ! fons of the chafe, the day of his re-
turn is paft. His glad voice fhall call you no more, in the morrnng,
to ptirfue the fteps of roes through rocky mountains. Here, for-
getfLil of the chafe, he refts ; nor can even the found of Morven's
fliield, O Gaul, awake thee !
" Strength of the warrior, what art thou! To-day, tliou rolled
the battle, a cloud of duft, before thee ; and the dead flrew thy
path, as the withered leaves mark the courfe of a ghoft of night.
— To-inorrow, the fliort dream of thy valour is over ; the terror
of thoufands is vaniihed. The beetle, on his dufky wing, hums
the fong of triumph over the mighty ; and, unmolefled, offends
him. —
" Why, fon of the feeble, didlt thou wlfh for the ftrength of
tlie chief of Strumon, when thou didft behold him brighten-
ing in the courfe of his Heel, as brightens a pillar of ice in the
midft of fun-beams ? Didft thou not know tliat the ftrength
of the warrior foon fails, as melts in the beam that ice which thou
hafl been viewing ? Its date is lliort ; like the bright cloud that
glitters to the ray of the evening. The hunter fees it from his
rock, as he hies him home, and admires the rain-bow form of its
Y beauty.
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Blair Collection > Galic antiquities > (45) |
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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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