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The Rev. Aulay Macaulay was born in Lewis
in 1673. His father was a tacksman in that Island.
He became minister of Tiree in 1704, and of
Harris in 1 7 13. He married Margaret Morrison,
by whom he had Angus, John, Kenneth, and
other sons:. He died in 1758. John was born in
1720. He became minister of South Uist in
1745, of Lismore and Appin in 1755, of Inverary
in 1765, and of Cardross in 1774. His son
Zachary, was Lord Macaulay's father.
If Zachary Macaulay, the Gaelic poet, was the
son of a clergyman it may be regarded as tolerably
certain that he was a son of the Rev. Aulay
Macaulay. But the statement that he was a
clergyman's son may not be correct.
THA MO CHRIDHE MAR CHUANTAN.
LE SACHARI MAC-AMHLAIDH.
Tha mo chridhe mar chuantan
Air 'bheil mulad is bruaillean air snamh ;
Gur h-e trom-cheist mo leanain
Mo throm ghalar is m' euslaint' a ghnath.
Ta mo shuilean gu silteach,
Mo dheoir 'tuiteam mar uisge gu lar ;
Ta leanndubh air mo bhuaireadh,
'Bhuin mo chaidreamh 's mo shuain diom 's mc
phramh.
Gur h-i 'n riVjhinn og, aluinn,
Ban-righ nan nil' mhnai 'ta fo 'n ghrein,
Ann an deiseachd 's an eolas,
Ann an tuigse 's am foghlum 's an ceill ;
Ann an geanmnachd 's am mioltachd,
Ann am baindeachd. gun mhi-run, gun eud,.
Gradh neo-choitcheanta, diomhair,
Neo-Iochdach gun ghiamh is gun bheud.