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MALCOLM MAC FARLANE. 223
My countiy's rightful cause to stand
Against a foreign foe :
That day I left the glen I loved,
What words could tell my woe !
Again I've felt its moving tones
Around my heart entwine,
Awakening thoughts of home and love,
And joys that once were mine,
When, far away 'mid other scenes,
I thought of bygone years.
And hummed it o'er with melting heart
And eyes bedimmed with tears.
But when I hear it now, it wakes
Sad thoughts within my breast ;
It minds me of my mother,
And my Mary, now at rest ;
The evils that befell our land.
The wrongs my countrj- bore.
Since first I heard that melody
In the happy days of yore.
My countiy's rightful cause to stand
Against a foreign foe :
That day I left the glen I loved,
What words could tell my woe !
Again I've felt its moving tones
Around my heart entwine,
Awakening thoughts of home and love,
And joys that once were mine,
When, far away 'mid other scenes,
I thought of bygone years.
And hummed it o'er with melting heart
And eyes bedimmed with tears.
But when I hear it now, it wakes
Sad thoughts within my breast ;
It minds me of my mother,
And my Mary, now at rest ;
The evils that befell our land.
The wrongs my countrj- bore.
Since first I heard that melody
In the happy days of yore.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Matheson Collection > Modern Gaelic bards > (245) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/76502030 |
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| Description | Gaelic and English text. "Lives of contemporary and recent Gaelic poets ... and a large and varied selection of their compositions, including, in many cases, the melodies to which they are sung." -Pref. |
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| Shelfmark | Mat.98 |
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| Description | Items from a collection of 170 volumes relating to Gaelic matters. Mainly philological works in the Celtic and some non-Celtic languages. Some books extensively annotated by Angus Matheson, the first Professor of Celtic at Glasgow University. |
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| Description | Selected 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. |
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