Blair Collection > Poems and songs

22 GAELIC AND ENGLISH POEMS.
Crocbam clàrsacli nan tend nis air geugan a' bhroin,
'S gun tlm, 'luaidh, ann gu cluas tlioirt do m' sliaotLair.
'S gun tbu, 'luaidh, ikc.
Sliearg ùr-ròs ar garaidli — laidli sgad. air ar grian,
Tobai'-solais ar fàrdaicli air tràgliadh gun diar —
Tobar-gaoil a blia Ian, 's b'e 'bbi pàirteacb a mbiann,
'S e mo cbruadal cbo luatb 's 'cbaidb a tbaomadb.
'S e mo cbruadal, etc.
Nis ged bbrucbdas na flùrain romb ghrùnnd anns a'
Mbàigb,
'Us na b-eoin a' seinn ciidl aii- gacb dlùtb mbeangan àrd,
Ar solas cba diiisg iad — 's neo-sbùnntacb ar càil,
'S tusa bbuainn an diugb, 'luaidb de na daoine.
'S tusa bbuainn, &c.
Acb ge mor sinn ga d'cbaoidb, ocb, cba'n fliaod sinn 'bbi'n
gruaim,
Bho'n 's i toil an A tbar naoimb rinn, a gbaoil, do tboirt
bbuainn,
'S sinn 'an dùil gu'm beil tbii 's an lerùsaleim nnaidb,
Ti'id na buaidb' tba'm fuil luacbmbor 'n Fbir-sbaoraidb.
Trid na buaidb', <S:c.
Soiridb leat, ma ta, "s ged, a gbràidb nacb tig tbu,
Coinnicbidb sinn gun dàil ann an àros na mùii'n'.
Far bbeil craobb-na-beafcba 'fas 's nacb tig bàs òirnne
dlùtb,
Soiridb l«buan gus an uair sLn, a gbaoil, leat.
Soiridb bbuan, &c.
ON DKEAMING OF A YOUNG BROTHER WHO
HAD DIED SHORTLY BEFORE.
And is tbis but a dream, my best ]
And art tbou not to stay witb me Ì
And tbou in smiling beauty dressed,
As tbou wert always wont to be.