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GAELIC TEXT. 31
Tha giitli na cuthaig air do stiichd,
An smiidan air do gheig,
Os ceann do Ion tha 'n uiseag ghrinn
16 Ri ceileir binn san speur.
Tha suaimhneas anns gach luib fo bhlath,
Baigh air gach creig 'us cluain,
'Toirt am chuimhne mar a bha
20 'S na laithean 'tharladh uaiun.
Fiiaim do chaochain, fead na gaoith',
'Us luasgan ard nan geug,
'G ath-nuadhachadh le comhradh tlath
24 Nan laithean aigh a threig.
Analysis.
15. Tha 'n uiseag ghrinn ri celeir binn san speur
OS ceann do 16n.
17. Fo bhlath is adj. phrase qual. hub.
19. Mar a bha, &c., is the object of toirt.
20. 'Tharladh uaimi is adj. clause to laithean.
21. A threig is adj. clause to laithean.
Parsing.
15. Os ceann is a Comp. prep., properly a prep,
and a noun governing Von in the genitive.
18. The nom. to toirt is the fact in the previous two
lines.
24. Aigh is a noun genitive, here equal to an adjec-
tive.
A threig is adj. clause qual. laithean.

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