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GAELIC TEXT. 33
Tha 'chuid a's mo dhiubh amis an uir,
'S an t-iarmad fada bhuainn,
Dh' fhag mis' am aonaran an so,
40 ISTam choigreach nochdta, truagh.
Nam choigreach nochdta, triiagh, gun taic',
'S an aiceid ann am chliabh, —
'N aiceid chlaoidhteach sin nach caisg —
44 'G am shlaid a chum mo chrich.
'G am shhxid a chum mo chrich le bron ;
Ach thugam gloir do 'n Ti,
Cha tug e dhomhsa ach mo choir ;
48 Ei 'ordugh bitheam striochdt'.
Analysis.
37. A's mo, ivMcli is greater, is an adj. clause to
chuid.
39. The facts stated in the preceding lines, 37, 38,
that left me, &c., so the subject to Dh' fhag
is a, the relative that, &c., standing for these
lines.
40. Whole line is Enl. of Object raise, and 41 is
same.
42. Tha 'n aiceid, &c.
43. The whole line is adj. to aiceid; nach cais/j is
adj. clause.
Parsing.
37. A nom. to is; mo, see Grammar, Adjectives ;
dhiubh = de sibh.
38. Bhuainn = bho sinn, from us ; am = ann mo = ann
am = am.
43. Nach caisg. that 'will not stop ; niich. = that . . . not
a negative relative.
44. A chum, towards ; but chum is a noun gov. by
a = do in the dat. ; chum governs mo chrich in
the genitive.
48. Ri, to or towards ; compare 16, ri ceiUeir, and 56.