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26 GAELIC AND ENGLISH POEMS.
A tliir an fhìor-uisg', 'tbir mo chrìdh',
'S beag an t-ioghnadli ged a bhiodh
An ros 's an lili ag cur strith
An gi-uaidliean mine d'oigridh 1
O hi-ri, &c.
'S nearbmhor cl'osag leam, 's gur li-ùi-
Ag eirigli lucbdaichte le tins,
'ÌS^ iiair 'tha 'glirian ag ol an driùchd
Bho d'thrusgan fliirach, boidheacli.
O lii-ri, &c.
Cha b'ioghnadh Deorsa 'bhi 'an diumb
Ris an Og d'an d'thug thu run ;
Bu tu'n neambnaid ann a chrùn,
A's clia b'i dùthaich 'òige.
O lii-rì, &c.
'S ged tha mis' an so air chnairt,
Tha ' Gleann-Comltann ' eutrom hiath ;
'S 'n nair a theid a siùil a suas,
'S ann tuath a ni i seoladh.
O hi-ri, &c.
'S 'n uaii" 'ruigeas mi tir an àigh,
Tìr mo dhàimh 'us luchd mo ghrrddli,
Naile, theid mi-fhin gun dàil,
A dh'ol mo shàth a Lcichaidh.
lii-ri, kc.
Harburg, Hanòbher,
Meadhon an Fko'jhdr, 18CG.
A FRAGMENT.
We meet with thousands in the world
Whose friendship we would never woo,
Whose sympathy we could not brook,
Their pity would but gall imbue.
Sometimes we meet with those to whom
Mysterious coi-ds our spirits bind ;
Friendship or love comes at the call
Of that sweet something undefined.