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" A cheo na Lanna!
Uamkarr alia,
Air dhath fala,
Taofg o'n chala gun dsiiinn.
Taom, a Lodda I
Fraoch do chorruich,
'S lion le ogluichd
Aiding 's broUach na Feinne.
'Nam fradharc eirich
Ad chruth eiti ;
Toiran fhleibhte
'S lafair fpeur ga d' chòdacb.
A cheo na Lanna,
Aom nan cara' ;
'S buair an codal
A chruth-Lodda nan leir-chreach I
O fgap do dhealan,
Luaifg an talamh,
Buail an anam.
Is na maireadh colann beo dhiu."
'S nim bu tofd do na haofaibh lia
Ri fonn tiamhaidh chàich.
* Ghoir iad, 's nior ghoir gu diomhain ;
An luib an fiontai chual an cairdean.
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* The following lines are a different recital
Chualas le Loda 'n fhuaim,
Dh' aora a chruth dorcha nuas,
B' eide dha dealan fpeur,
Duili' *s doinionn meafg a cheil'.
B' ionan anail is tein-adhair,
'S e ga feide plath' air phlatha;
Chuireadh a fgread, a fgairt, is eighe
Cith is crathadh air na fleibhte :
'S mur dealra' lann an Luin an laimh Fhinn
Mheathadh e cridhe gach fuinn.
Ach theich e roimhe le fuathas,
Tra thug an Ri' Corra ma thuaiream.
Theich e le toirm na torruinn
'S e marcachd a mhile donionn.
Of this paffage the following lines may be almoft taken as
a tranflation, though not intended as fuch.
" See Loda's gloomy form adi'ance,
On high he lifts his ftiadowy lance,
Within his hand the tempefts lour.
The blaft of death his noftrils pour :