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18 MoDERX (iAELIC BARDS.
AVork the jib-sheet without flinching,
When she neavs 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, Avith Him who niles the seasons.
Is our guiding star.
THE MAN SET 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,
AVork the jib-sheet without flinching,
When she neavs 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, Avith Him who niles the seasons.
Is our guiding star.
THE MAN SET 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 > Ossian Collection > Selections from the Gaelic bards > (42) |
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Description | Selected books from the Ossian Collection of 327 volumes, originally assembled by J. Norman Methven of Perth. Different editions and translations of James MacPherson's epic poem 'Ossian', some with a map of the 'Kingdom of Connor'. Also secondary material relating to Ossianic poetry and the Ossian controversy. |
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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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