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TIOMNA GHUILL.
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'* 'S an faoil thu gur fois domh fein,
Is GoU am'pein air afcain tràgha?
Mo chridhe cha chofail ri carraig,
Cha robh m' athair o I na Freoine *.
— Ach c' ait am faigh mi fiirtachd dom' ghaol?
Is cumhainn learn fgeula Chas-du-conghlais.
* I freoine was coxifidered as a very inhofpitable place.
The following lines from Dar. an fhir Maoin give it the
iame charadler that it has here.
I fin alluidli na Freoine,
Le d' thiubh-cheo buan 's te d' ua'-bheiftean ;
A thir nam plan, gun mhiadh gun bhkigh,
Dol ad dhail be fud ino dheifinn.
Tliefe are fome of the properties of the Celtic hell, as de-
uribed in the Hiflory sfthe Druids. Since that was pubhih
ed, I have met with the following lines ia an old M. S. and
as they tend to illuftrate the notions which our Celtic an-
ceilors had of a place of tornaent, I infert them here.
'3 raairg a roghnuicheas Ifrinn f huar,
'S gur i uaimh nan J driobhunn geur;
Is beag orm Ifrinn f huar f hliuch,
Aite bith-bhuan is fearbh deoeh.
\ perhaps. droi;jlùo:m.
Sgeula Chas-du-conghlals.
Tra bha mi òg an glacaibh m' athar,
Bha ar fiubhal aon latha 's na cuantaibh ;
Sheid an doinionn finn gu carraig,
* (Bha Crifoluis mar ruinn fan uair fin)
Tri chrainn ghlafa gun duilleach,
Bha 'n fin air bharr tuinne gan luafga' ;
Mu 'n cois bha fas nan dearg-dhearcag,
Cha d' rinn m' athair am blafa ge d' bhuain e. f
" A Chrifokiis, tha t fheum-fa mor,
A màireach foghnui' dhomhfa m' aonach."
Thainig madam 's am feafgar mu feach,
Ach b' i clmrraig ar teach an cònuidh.
Curach
* al. Chaidh ar curach a bhriftc na bhriianach.
t Even fo a gentle pair
By fortune funk, but form'd of generous mould.
And charm'd with cares beyond the vulgar breaft.
In fome lone cot, amid the diftant woods,
Suftain'd alone by providential Heav'n ;
Oft, as they weeping eye their infant-train,
Ch;;ck their owe apjietite, ard give them all.
Thomson's Sriring, rt /G.