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S C A R L A W, 89
A fail raifes her head above the reftlefs
waves of ocean. The wrath of the ftorm
is fierce, but fhe regards it not. Daugh-
ter of beauty, ftrength, and fpeed ! corac to
the woods of Scariaw. The warriors of
thy dark bofom fhall tafte the joys of our hall,
and carry our fame to a diftanc land, where
the friends of Albin will be many. — Afhian !
ftrike not yet the flint : Delay the feaft until
the ftrangers arrive.
Nor feall fhall they tafte, nor fame carry,
faid the chief. Let every fon of mine grafp
his fhield, I fee death on our coaft ; but he
Ihall tafte the blood of flrangers. — My fons
may fall ; but their fame Ihall lurvive them.
Chief of the open door *, faid Palav, fuch
were not wont to be thy words, when the
flranger came to Scarlaw's hall. Often have i
the
* This refers toa fpedes of hofphality obferVed at this '
day, by the common people, in the Highlands. If the fe-
verity of the weather compels them to fhut their doors,
they are iure to fct them open when they fit down to meat,
left a traTcller, by feeing the door (hut, might be induced
to pafs by, and thereby deprive them of the pleafure vv.iich
they always enjoy in entertaining a ftranger. A man
who fits down tu feaft with his door (hut, is confidered as
a difgracc to the clan to whom he bebngs.
A fail raifes her head above the reftlefs
waves of ocean. The wrath of the ftorm
is fierce, but fhe regards it not. Daugh-
ter of beauty, ftrength, and fpeed ! corac to
the woods of Scariaw. The warriors of
thy dark bofom fhall tafte the joys of our hall,
and carry our fame to a diftanc land, where
the friends of Albin will be many. — Afhian !
ftrike not yet the flint : Delay the feaft until
the ftrangers arrive.
Nor feall fhall they tafte, nor fame carry,
faid the chief. Let every fon of mine grafp
his fhield, I fee death on our coaft ; but he
Ihall tafte the blood of flrangers. — My fons
may fall ; but their fame Ihall lurvive them.
Chief of the open door *, faid Palav, fuch
were not wont to be thy words, when the
flranger came to Scarlaw's hall. Often have i
the
* This refers toa fpedes of hofphality obferVed at this '
day, by the common people, in the Highlands. If the fe-
verity of the weather compels them to fhut their doors,
they are iure to fct them open when they fit down to meat,
left a traTcller, by feeing the door (hut, might be induced
to pafs by, and thereby deprive them of the pleafure vv.iich
they always enjoy in entertaining a ftranger. A man
who fits down tu feaft with his door (hut, is confidered as
a difgracc to the clan to whom he bebngs.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Works of the Caledonian bards > (97) |
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| Description | Translated from the Galic, / by John Clark, F.S.A. Scot. Translator (author?) named in second edition: John Clark. Purports to be translations from the Gaelic but may be original. cf. Dict. nat. biog. (Clark, John, d. 1807). Preface. -- Introduction to the translations. -- Morduth, an antient heroic poem [by Douthah] -- The Chief of Scarlaw. -- The Chief of Feyglen. -- The cave of Creyla. -- Colmala and Orwi. -- The old bard's wish. -- Duchoil's elegy. -- Sulvina's elegy. -- Oran-Molla. -- The words of woe. -- The approach of summer. -- The antient chief [by Callum Ruadh]. |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.1.g.11 |
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