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POEMS OF OSSIAN. 14i
And in the ancient MS. which formerly was the
dean of Lifmore's, now in the poffeffion of the So-
ciety :
' Dl wamyn beggane floyeg*
Ag efs royg* ny negg-in mawle
Di chemyn fa holt yr lerr
Currych mor agus ben ann.
Keigyt Icich yov/nych mane reic*
Fa mat' cr gneeit- er gy gart
Ffir yair neifh is marg a cheith
Di yowmifl er gi teir nert.'
There was a fhorter and more rapid meafure for
the lyrical parts of the compofition ; fuch was ge-
nerally ufed for the Prosnacha Catha, the fong of
incitement to battle, which it was the office of the
bards to fmg, to animate the heroes when about to
engage the enemy. Such is the meafure of fome of
the odes given by Viifs Brooke, and of the war-
fong to Gaul, which is in the pofleflion of the So-
ciety. The opening of this war-fong, as in one of
the Kilbride MSS. is as follows : its meafure is quick,
rapid, aAd fpirit-ftirring, each line generally con-*
taining one or two dadyls.
< GoU mear mileanta,
Ceap na cròdhachta,
Làmh fhial arrachd,
Mian na mordhachta.
Lèoghar luath adhbhal,
Lèonadh Ian biodhbhadh,
Tonn go treun thoirneadh,
GoU
And in the ancient MS. which formerly was the
dean of Lifmore's, now in the poffeffion of the So-
ciety :
' Dl wamyn beggane floyeg*
Ag efs royg* ny negg-in mawle
Di chemyn fa holt yr lerr
Currych mor agus ben ann.
Keigyt Icich yov/nych mane reic*
Fa mat' cr gneeit- er gy gart
Ffir yair neifh is marg a cheith
Di yowmifl er gi teir nert.'
There was a fhorter and more rapid meafure for
the lyrical parts of the compofition ; fuch was ge-
nerally ufed for the Prosnacha Catha, the fong of
incitement to battle, which it was the office of the
bards to fmg, to animate the heroes when about to
engage the enemy. Such is the meafure of fome of
the odes given by Viifs Brooke, and of the war-
fong to Gaul, which is in the pofleflion of the So-
ciety. The opening of this war-fong, as in one of
the Kilbride MSS. is as follows : its meafure is quick,
rapid, aAd fpirit-ftirring, each line generally con-*
taining one or two dadyls.
< GoU mear mileanta,
Ceap na cròdhachta,
Làmh fhial arrachd,
Mian na mordhachta.
Lèoghar luath adhbhal,
Lèonadh Ian biodhbhadh,
Tonn go treun thoirneadh,
GoU
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