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BURMA D. j ix
=—Tha ceo air mo fhuilibh fein,
Is eigin do Dhiarmad cadal f.
Co bheir do Ghràme an fgeul?
Ach feuch i dlù, is geug ga fgaile' ;
Tha i cluinntin acain a gaoil,
Tha hanam a' plaofgadh o fhuain;
Tha a caoi air anail na hofuinn,
A fail 's a deoir mu brollach anuas.
" O cairibh mife le m' ghaol
Na leabai chaoil aig eigheann nan crag;
Theid tharuinn an Truth le caoiran bròin,
Gun teachd a choir donn-chleachda Dhiarmai<J s
Chi 'n fealgair (le mànran a fhiubhlas)
Bogha Dhiarmaid air a rufga' fan tfruth.
" So leaba Dhiarmaid !"■—" \S a cheile la' ris;'»
Their a bhean, *s i cràiteach dubhach.
Tuirfeach tofdach tha 'n imeachd
Le fios gu fgarar o cheil' iad.
—Ach iladaibh, a chàraid chaomh,
Cha fealgair faoin fo tha nur deign ;
Bn
f A long dialogue concerning Cuach Fhinn, or the me-
dicinal cup of Fingal, often repeated here, is rejected as the
fpuriou6 interpolation of fome later bard,

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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
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