J. F. Campbell Collection > Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, appointed to inquire into the nature and authenticity of the poems of Ossian
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Gum bithidh Fiunn na chomh
fhial
Aig Duine no aig Dia an laimh
19.
Ann an Ifrionn tha en laimh
Fear lin sath bhi prcnnadh Oir
Air son a dhio mios air Dia
Chuirse e'n tighpian fuidh
Chroa
20.
X^am bithidh Clanna' Morn'
asteach
'S Clann Oboige nam fear Ireun
Bheiremid ne Fiann amach
No bhiodh an teach aguinn sein
-21.
Cionfheodhna na Halabinn
mascach
Air leatsa giini ba nJior am
feum
Cho dttiga fin Fiimn amach
Ged bhiodh an teach aguibhfein
22.
Coid an tait Joghaime fein
Apliadriiig a leib has an scoil
3. liTS
unworthy Clerk* ! thaS
the heroes of our race
should be in captivity, ei-
ther to the devil or to God. .
-5"^. Patrick. IV.
He is now bound in hell,
who used to distribute
gold. Because he was a
despiser of God, he has
hell for hi ii portion.
Ossia?:. 20.
If the children of Morni,
and the many tribes of the
children of Ovi, were yet
alive : we would force the
brave Fingal out of hell,
or the habitation shoukl
be oar ownf .
St. Piitrick. 21.
Valiant as you imagim.^
the brave Scots were ; yer
Fingal they would not re-
lease, though they should
be there themselves.
Ossian. 22.
What place is that same
hell, Patrick of deep learr.-
' Why was light hiiir estt-emed -^n opproLium ? the Erst themselves arc i.
fiid-haired r;vce.
t The Greek stories about tht visit of Hercults to Hell, for the purpo-.c
t*r dclivt^ring Thestiu and fctchinj.: up Cerburus, arc sh-ikii)gly similar to tii<-
fdei of this Ycrw;.
Gum bithidh Fiunn na chomh
fhial
Aig Duine no aig Dia an laimh
19.
Ann an Ifrionn tha en laimh
Fear lin sath bhi prcnnadh Oir
Air son a dhio mios air Dia
Chuirse e'n tighpian fuidh
Chroa
20.
X^am bithidh Clanna' Morn'
asteach
'S Clann Oboige nam fear Ireun
Bheiremid ne Fiann amach
No bhiodh an teach aguinn sein
-21.
Cionfheodhna na Halabinn
mascach
Air leatsa giini ba nJior am
feum
Cho dttiga fin Fiimn amach
Ged bhiodh an teach aguibhfein
22.
Coid an tait Joghaime fein
Apliadriiig a leib has an scoil
3. liTS
unworthy Clerk* ! thaS
the heroes of our race
should be in captivity, ei-
ther to the devil or to God. .
-5"^. Patrick. IV.
He is now bound in hell,
who used to distribute
gold. Because he was a
despiser of God, he has
hell for hi ii portion.
Ossia?:. 20.
If the children of Morni,
and the many tribes of the
children of Ovi, were yet
alive : we would force the
brave Fingal out of hell,
or the habitation shoukl
be oar ownf .
St. Piitrick. 21.
Valiant as you imagim.^
the brave Scots were ; yer
Fingal they would not re-
lease, though they should
be there themselves.
Ossian. 22.
What place is that same
hell, Patrick of deep learr.-
' Why was light hiiir estt-emed -^n opproLium ? the Erst themselves arc i.
fiid-haired r;vce.
t The Greek stories about tht visit of Hercults to Hell, for the purpo-.c
t*r dclivt^ring Thestiu and fctchinj.: up Cerburus, arc sh-ikii)gly similar to tii<-
fdei of this Ycrw;.
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| Description | Drawn 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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| Description | Volumes 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. |
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| Description | Selected 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. |
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