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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194 COMPARISON
Is an ceann an naoidhe tràth
Cha b'ard an Garbh ar mhuigh na gaisge (o).-
* * *
** Beireamsa briathar righ ann,
A fearan |j àlUidli na hEirean W/hearaiòò
Nach teid mi fein ann mo luing.
Is mi gun gheill o Chuchulan."
*' Beireams' briathar righ eile,
(Se labhair dnt ard dubh |( armach,) || chu
Nach teid mo gheills' ar sàile
Is mi fein ann mo bheatha,
Cha tabhair e || mo gheills' ar saile }( thu
lis 'gun ann|} fein ach allamharach(5')." || ami(?d
An sin thog Cuchulah a sgiath
Thar a mhaoilin bhar-liath :
Sheall Naos[| ar a dha shleagh^ |[ S/iacis
Is ghlac Conal a chlaidheamh(r)*
San aair gabhte na mic righ
Ann an tigh Teambra gu fior,
Agus cuire iad amuigh
An treun laoich nam fhianais(j).
Mhic [| Chairbre o an chraoibh ruaidh ! |} mac
Fhir is faoiltiche gun f heall (j^) !
Buin leat Lugha maith o ridhe,
" No! replied the blue-eyed chief, I never yield to
mortd man ! B?.rk CuthiTliin shall be great or dead !
Go, soli of Fithil, take my spear. Strike the sounding
shield of Semo. It hangs at Tura's rustling gate. The
sound of peace is not its voice I My heroes shall he^r
and obey.'"— Curach leaps from the sounding rock ; and
Connal of the bloody spear ! CrugaPs breast of snow beats
(c) Flet. p.. 1 93,-8t. 1. (y) Id. p. 192. st. 2, 3, 3.
^' (/) Id. p. 191. St. 1. 0) Id- p. 189. St,. 3. (0 lb. st. 5,
194 COMPARISON
Is an ceann an naoidhe tràth
Cha b'ard an Garbh ar mhuigh na gaisge (o).-
* * *
** Beireamsa briathar righ ann,
A fearan |j àlUidli na hEirean W/hearaiòò
Nach teid mi fein ann mo luing.
Is mi gun gheill o Chuchulan."
*' Beireams' briathar righ eile,
(Se labhair dnt ard dubh |( armach,) || chu
Nach teid mo gheills' ar sàile
Is mi fein ann mo bheatha,
Cha tabhair e || mo gheills' ar saile }( thu
lis 'gun ann|} fein ach allamharach(5')." || ami(?d
An sin thog Cuchulah a sgiath
Thar a mhaoilin bhar-liath :
Sheall Naos[| ar a dha shleagh^ |[ S/iacis
Is ghlac Conal a chlaidheamh(r)*
San aair gabhte na mic righ
Ann an tigh Teambra gu fior,
Agus cuire iad amuigh
An treun laoich nam fhianais(j).
Mhic [| Chairbre o an chraoibh ruaidh ! |} mac
Fhir is faoiltiche gun f heall (j^) !
Buin leat Lugha maith o ridhe,
" No! replied the blue-eyed chief, I never yield to
mortd man ! B?.rk CuthiTliin shall be great or dead !
Go, soli of Fithil, take my spear. Strike the sounding
shield of Semo. It hangs at Tura's rustling gate. The
sound of peace is not its voice I My heroes shall he^r
and obey.'"— Curach leaps from the sounding rock ; and
Connal of the bloody spear ! CrugaPs breast of snow beats
(c) Flet. p.. 1 93,-8t. 1. (y) Id. p. 192. st. 2, 3, 3.
^' (/) Id. p. 191. St. 1. 0) Id- p. 189. St,. 3. (0 lb. st. 5,
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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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