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DAIN AGUS OHAIK. 1 1
MORDtbll.
Mar thuìteas da chloch o bheinn ardj
'S iad tachairt air ùrlar a ghhnn,
Mar sin bha toiseach garbh a chath,
Is iomad namh a thiiit leinn. 180
Bha uamhann a bhlair air an fhraoch—
Bha tuilte folà ffin shleagh Cheann-ard ;
B' iomad creubhag a lot Mordal — '
Bu chruaidh, borb, flathail gach fear.
Ach co b' urrainn seasadh roi' cheud ? 18o
Chunnaic an Righ ar ceum air ais ;
Las anam a ghaisgich le fearg,
*S allt dearg a leanailt a shleagha ;
Bha taibhsean a naimhdean mu'n cuairt,
Ach fad' uaith fein bha na laoich. 190
Thainig e mu dheire nan deighj
Mar thonn a tiiiteam o'n chreig •
'S tric a dh' iar ail f hairg air direadh— ;-
'S tric a thilg an stuagh e o bhona ;
Tha gàraich a choi stri garg, Ì95
''S am barr glas briseadh 's a ghaoith;

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Co-chruinneacha dhàn, òrain, &c
Description"A collection of original poems songs &c taken from oral recitation in various parts of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland during the last twenty years to which are added notes biographical critical explanatory."
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Hew Morrison Collection
DescriptionA selection of items from a collection of 320 volumes and 30 pamphlets of literary and religious works in Scottish Gaelic. From the personal library of Hew Morrison, the first City Librarian of Edinburgh.
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.