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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'S mi 'g imeachd o glileannan gu gleannaij.
Gun fhiughair ri madain no soillse.
Caomhainn do sholus, a Ghrlan,
'S na caith co dian do lochrain ; "
Mar righ na Feinne, 's faoilidh tanam,
Ach crionaidh fathjs^ do mhòr-chuìs.
Gaomhainn lochrain nam mile lasair,
Ad ghorm-thalla, nuair theid thu
Fo d'chiar-dhorsaibh, gu cadal
Fo asgailt dhorcha na hiargail.
Cao'inn iad mu'ii fag iad thu taonar,
Amhuil mise, gun aon is blà leam. :
Cao'inn iad, gun laoch a' faicinn
Gorm-lasair nan lochran aillidh.
A Chaothain nan solus aigh,
Tha do lochrains' an trasa fo smal ;
Amhuil darag air criona gu hiath
Tha do phaillinn, 's do shluagh air treigsinn.
Soir na siar air aghaidh taonaich
Cho 'n fhaighear do aon diu ach làrach j
An Seallama, 'n Taura no 'n Tigh-mor-ri'
Cha 'n 'eil slige, no oran, no clarsach I
Tha iad uile nan tulachain uaine,
'S an clacha nan cluainibh fein,
Cha 'n f haic aineal o'n lear no o'n f hasaich
A haon diu 's a bharr ro neul.
'S a Sheallama, theach rao ghaoil !
An e 'n torr so taos-larach,
Far am bheil foghnan, fraoch, is fòlach,
Ri bròn fo shile' na hòiche ?
Mu thimchioll mo ghlas-chiabhan
'^T-» Ag iadha' tha chomhachag chcpr.
I
180 EXTRACTS FROM
'S mi 'g imeachd o glileannan gu gleannaij.
Gun fhiughair ri madain no soillse.
Caomhainn do sholus, a Ghrlan,
'S na caith co dian do lochrain ; "
Mar righ na Feinne, 's faoilidh tanam,
Ach crionaidh fathjs^ do mhòr-chuìs.
Gaomhainn lochrain nam mile lasair,
Ad ghorm-thalla, nuair theid thu
Fo d'chiar-dhorsaibh, gu cadal
Fo asgailt dhorcha na hiargail.
Cao'inn iad mu'ii fag iad thu taonar,
Amhuil mise, gun aon is blà leam. :
Cao'inn iad, gun laoch a' faicinn
Gorm-lasair nan lochran aillidh.
A Chaothain nan solus aigh,
Tha do lochrains' an trasa fo smal ;
Amhuil darag air criona gu hiath
Tha do phaillinn, 's do shluagh air treigsinn.
Soir na siar air aghaidh taonaich
Cho 'n fhaighear do aon diu ach làrach j
An Seallama, 'n Taura no 'n Tigh-mor-ri'
Cha 'n 'eil slige, no oran, no clarsach I
Tha iad uile nan tulachain uaine,
'S an clacha nan cluainibh fein,
Cha 'n f haic aineal o'n lear no o'n f hasaich
A haon diu 's a bharr ro neul.
'S a Sheallama, theach rao ghaoil !
An e 'n torr so taos-larach,
Far am bheil foghnan, fraoch, is fòlach,
Ri bròn fo shile' na hòiche ?
Mu thimchioll mo ghlas-chiabhan
'^T-» Ag iadha' tha chomhachag chcpr.
I
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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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| Shelfmark | Cam.1.d.31 |
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