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Gum bithidh Fiunn na chomh unworthy Clerk* ! tha*
fhial
Aig Duine no aig Dia an laimh
JÒ.
Ann an Ifrionn tha en laimh
Fear lin sath bhi pronnadh Oir
Air son a dhio mios air Dia
Chuirse e'n tighpian fuidh
Chrou
Nam bithidh Clanna' Morn'
asteach
'S Clann Oboige nam fear Ireun
Bheiremid ne Fiunn amach
No bhiodh an teach aguinn sein
1.
Halabinn
ba mhor am
Cionfheodhna
maseach
Air leatsa gum
feum
Cho dmga fin Fiunn amach
Ged bhiodh an teaeh aguibhfein
22.
doid an tait Joghairne fein
Aphadruig a leib has an scoil
the heroes of our race
should be in captivity, ei-
ther to the devil or to God.
St. Patrick. 19.
He is now bound in hell,
who used to distribute
gold. Because he was-a
despiser of God, he has
hell for his portion.
Ossian. 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 should
be our ownf.
St. Patrick. 21.
Valiant as you imagine
the brave Scots were ; yet
Fingal they would not re-
lease, though they should
be there themselves.
Ossian. 22.
What place is that same
hell, Patrick of deep learn-
* Why was light lwir esteemed an opprobium ? the Erse themselves are »
7^d-haired race.
f The Greek stories ahout the visit of Hercules to Hell, for the purpose
6f delivering Theseus and fetching up Cerberus, are strikingly similar to the
- fea of this Vt-rse.

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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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Ossian Collection
DescriptionSelected books from the Ossian Collection of 327 volumes, originally assembled by J. Norman Methven of Perth. Different editions and translations of James MacPherson's epic poem 'Ossian', some with a map of the 'Kingdom of Connor'. Also secondary material relating to Ossianic poetry and the Ossian controversy.
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.