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'Bu mhuladach an sealladh so,
Am fion dearg mar a dhòirt,
Thug smùid à cliathach an eich dhuinn,
Mar cheithreamh muilt-f heòil ròist'.
Gidheadh bha e mar mliarcaiche,
A' ruith na re'is le 'chrios,
Is amhchaiman dà sheaiTaig ghlais,
Ag udal air a leis.
Mar so troimh bhaile Islington,
Faic e le mire 'triall,
Is fòs a suas troimh Edmonton,
'S a stigh feadh lub nan giadh.
'S ann ann an sin bha 'phlubartaich,
'S an t-each a' diùltadh smachd,
Mar sgaoth do gheòidh no thunnagan
'Gan lubradh fe'in le tlachd.
Aig uinneig ami an Edmonton
Gu'n sheas a bhean a suas,
Is chunnaic i dol seachad e
Le iongantas r'a hiath's. ,
"Stad, stad, lain Ghilpin, so an tigh!"
Gu'n ghlaodh iad uile ris,
'' Tha'n dinneir re'idh, 's tha simie sgìth;"
''Cha lùgh'," ars' lain, "tha mis'I"
Ach 's beag an t-suim a ghàbh an t-each,
Do ghlaodh nam ban gu le'ir,
Bha prasach mhaith a mhaighstir
Deich mìr air falbh aig Ware.
Mar shaighead luath o làmh na treòir,
O'n iughar righinn chrom,

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Leabhar nan cnoc
DescriptionComh-chruinneachadh do nithibh sean agus nuadh : airson oilean agus leas nan Gàidheal / le Tormoid Macleoìd. Anthology of prose and poetry, some translated from English. Table of contents also in English.
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J. F. Campbell Collection
DescriptionVolumes from a collection of 610 books rich in Highland folklore, Ossianic literature and other Celtic subjects. Many of the books annotated by John Francis Campbell of Islay, who assembled the collection.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected 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.