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21.
Theasgair a Bheist a chneas ban, ^
Leadalr i a Lamh' go leon,
Thain Inghean ur na 'n geal-ghlac,
Is ghrad thug i dho sgian gun f hoir.
22..
Cha chomhrag sin ach comhrag gearr,
Bhuine an ceann di na laimh leis,
Fraoch Mac Meidhicli is a Bheist,
Truagh a Dhe mar thug iad Greis.
23.
Go n do thuit iad bonn re bonn.
Air Traigh na 'n Clocha donn so bhos,
Nuair chonnairc ant shaor Inghean e,
Thuit i air an Traigh na neul.
24.
Nuair a mhosguil i as a Pramh,
Ghlac i a lamh na Laimh bhoig,
Ged ta thu nochd ad Chodaibh eun.
Is mor an teuchd a rinn thu hhos.
25.
Truagh nach ann an Comhrag Laoich,
A thuit Fraoch le 'm bronnta or
Isturiseach a thuitim le Beift,
Truagh ad dhei is mairion beo.
26.
Budh duibhe na m f iach bar a f huilt,
Budh deirge a Ghruaidh na fuil laoigh,
Budh mhine na Cobhar shruth,
jPudh ghile na an sneach^da Corp Fbxaoic^,
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Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, appointed to inquire into the nature and authenticity of the poems of Ossian
DescriptionDrawn up, according to the directions of the Committee, by Henry Mackenzie ... ; with a copious appendix, containing some of the principal documents on which the report is founded.
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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.