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60NGS AND POEMS.
TO MR MXEAS MACKINTOSH OF MACKINTOSH, BART.
Where discontent
A day ne'er spent.
Since Charlie was by foes pursu'd —
Where honest toil
The hours beguile,
Which every morning is renewed.
A S for my eake,
Your own way take,
By fountain or by flowery brae ; —
Still most fervent
I'm your servant,
And true well-wisher — John Mac'rae.
To Sir /ENEAS MACKINTOSH
Of MACKINTOSH, Bart.
WBITTEN IN 1815.
In former days, when time was young,
And Bards Clan Chattan's praises sung-
When feudal war the land o'erspread,
With wounded heaps and valiant dead — ■
When widows' tears,
And maidens' fears,

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Original songs and poems in English and Gaelic
DescriptionBy Alexander Mackay.
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Hew Morrison Collection
DescriptionA selection of items from a collection of 320 volumes and 30 pamphlets of literary and religious works in Scottish Gaelic. From the personal library of Hew Morrison, the first City Librarian of Edinburgh.
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.