Hew Morrison Collection > Elegy on the late Reverend John Kennedy of Redcastle, and other poems
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Their nn facal mu ghnaths'
Th' air a chleachdadh alg Caisg an Uain ,
Leis na gaisgich 's gach cas.
Ann an aobhar a ghrais thoirt buaidh :
Uair le claidheamh na laimh
Cumail feadhain bhiodh dana 'uatli
'S uair le geallaidhean tla
A' toirt naimhdean gu gradh bho fliuatli.
'S iomadh saighd'ear tha treun^
Agus lighich ga rèir nach fann,
Ghearras peacadh na bheum',
'S iad a leigheas na'n creuchd 'san am :
Tha Mac Dhomhnuil 's a chcums',
Mar tha fios 'nar tir fein 's na gall,
Na fhear buaighean cho trèun,
'S gu'm foglmadh e fein do champ.
Tha iad lionmhor san tirs',
Tha na 'n siosgeulaich phriseil graidh :
lad ag obair gu dian,
'S iad gun fhalt orr' le pian a's spairn
lad na 'n soluis gu lcir,
Tha na diadh' earan fein ag ràdh,
Ged nach cuir iad an ceill
Co am fear aca reult is aiUt'.
Ach mar uiseag thar eòin,
Ann an ionad a cheoll cho àrd ;
Ann am barail an t sloigh.
Bha aig lain an corrs' air cach
Ann an comuinn ri glòir
B e 'n soisgeul a lòn gach là.
'S fear na dhiadh'achd cho mòr
Cha 'n eil cunntais air beò 'san als'.
Th' air a chleachdadh alg Caisg an Uain ,
Leis na gaisgich 's gach cas.
Ann an aobhar a ghrais thoirt buaidh :
Uair le claidheamh na laimh
Cumail feadhain bhiodh dana 'uatli
'S uair le geallaidhean tla
A' toirt naimhdean gu gradh bho fliuatli.
'S iomadh saighd'ear tha treun^
Agus lighich ga rèir nach fann,
Ghearras peacadh na bheum',
'S iad a leigheas na'n creuchd 'san am :
Tha Mac Dhomhnuil 's a chcums',
Mar tha fios 'nar tir fein 's na gall,
Na fhear buaighean cho trèun,
'S gu'm foglmadh e fein do champ.
Tha iad lionmhor san tirs',
Tha na 'n siosgeulaich phriseil graidh :
lad ag obair gu dian,
'S iad gun fhalt orr' le pian a's spairn
lad na 'n soluis gu lcir,
Tha na diadh' earan fein ag ràdh,
Ged nach cuir iad an ceill
Co am fear aca reult is aiUt'.
Ach mar uiseag thar eòin,
Ann an ionad a cheoll cho àrd ;
Ann am barail an t sloigh.
Bha aig lain an corrs' air cach
Ann an comuinn ri glòir
B e 'n soisgeul a lòn gach là.
'S fear na dhiadh'achd cho mòr
Cha 'n eil cunntais air beò 'san als'.
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Hew Morrison Collection > Elegy on the late Reverend John Kennedy of Redcastle, and other poems > (14) |
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/76972735 |
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Description | A 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. |
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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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