Hew Morrison Collection > Elegy on the late Reverend John Kennedy of Redcastle, and other poems
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The bright glance of pleasure is seen in her eyes,
Like planets emitting their light from the skies ;
Her stature is straight, she is handsome and tall —
Backbiting or slander she knows not at all,
She is pure as the daisy that decks the May morn,
Or like the white blossom that buds on the thorn,
She is gentle and mild, Ukethe evening breeze,
She is sweet as the honey that comes from the bces,
She is likc the green ivy, the same all theyear,
Unchanged in the colour though frost be severe,
O ! is she not charniing, 0, is shc not rare,
! is he not happy will get such a fair,
! who but a wretch to his happiness blind,
That would not cndeavour this fair one to find.
The bright glance of pleasure is seen in her eyes,
Like planets emitting their light from the skies ;
Her stature is straight, she is handsome and tall —
Backbiting or slander she knows not at all,
She is pure as the daisy that decks the May morn,
Or like the white blossom that buds on the thorn,
She is gentle and mild, Ukethe evening breeze,
She is sweet as the honey that comes from the bces,
She is likc the green ivy, the same all theyear,
Unchanged in the colour though frost be severe,
O ! is she not charniing, 0, is shc not rare,
! is he not happy will get such a fair,
! who but a wretch to his happiness blind,
That would not cndeavour this fair one to find.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Hew Morrison Collection > Elegy on the late Reverend John Kennedy of Redcastle, and other poems > (36) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/76972977 |
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| Description | "Marbh rann air an Urramach Iain Cennedie Ministeir bha anns a Chaisteal Ruah maille ri orainean eile". |
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| Shelfmark | H.M.171 |
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| Description | A selection of items from a collection of 320 volumes and 30 pamphlets of literary and religious works in Scottish Gaelic. From the personal library of Hew Morrison, the first City Librarian of Edinburgh. |
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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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