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IS DAN an DE1RG.
Nam biodh mo chliu-fa co mairionn,
Is mi le m' leannan fa cheo ud !
Is dearbh learn gu bi fin mairionn,
Arfa Cumhal bu chaoin labhairt,
Ach co fud, le 'n fgiathaibh gàbhaidh,
Toirt a fholuis o'n cheud fhàire ?
Slòigh Lochlainn, ma 's maith mo bheachd,
A' cuartach' Innfe-fàile le 'm feachd,
5 S an righ, bho ard-uinneig fiuadhaich,
Ag amharc oim' a chàirde buadhach.
Chi e finn roi dheoir, mar cheo,
Ach thuit na deoir, is chi e'n feol ;
Tha aighear a' brùchda' na ihuil.
" Tha Cumhall am fagus ie fhiuil !"
Feuch Lochlann anuas nar codhail,
'S Armor rompa mar dhamh cròice ;
Air tràigh Eirinn a làmh, ge bras,
Mife dh' f huafgail o theanna ghlais.
— * Càireadh gach aon air a leis
A lann ghlas, gu tràigh 's e leumnaich ;
Cuimh-
* In the ancient Galic poetry, one often meets with a
variety of rhyme and meafure in the fame piece. The fame
has been frequently obferved of the ancient poetry of other
nations.

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Sean dana
Description" ... le Oisian, Orran, Ulann, &c. Ancient poems of Ossian Orran Ullin &c. Collected in the western Highlands and Isles being the originals of the translations some time ago published in the Gaelic antiquities. By John Smith, D.D. Minister of the Gospel at Campbelton." A collection of Gaelic poems, edited by Smith.
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Ossian Collection
DescriptionSelected books from the Ossian Collection of 327 volumes, originally assembled by J. Norman Methven of Perth. Different editions and translations of James MacPherson's epic poem 'Ossian', some with a map of the 'Kingdom of Connor'. Also secondary material relating to Ossianic poetry and the Ossian controversy.
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.