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CATHULA. 175
— Dh' imicb c gu tràigh, 's gun eithear dlù -,
Bu trie a fliuil air a charraig dhorcha. j
'S brònach bean nan rofg tlà,
Le fuil air tràigh na h oiche,
Cathuil cha leir dhi 's an fhairg' a fàs,
Tha Connlaoch na laimh ga ghiulan. .
** Ciod fo ta baca' mo ghaoil,,
Tonna baoth, no tràigh gun bhàrca ?
'S truagh gun thu, 'leinibh, air tir,
T S gu biodh fois aig cridh' do mhathar.
Cheangail i 'n leanabh air fgèith,
Air barr gèig llieargta dlù dhi.
—" 4-n duifg mi thu, leinibh mo ghaoil ?
Ach ruigeadh do ghaoir mo chridhe.
Gu ma llàn a ruigeas tu 'n tràigh,
'S gu ma cairdeil riut righ na Sorcha ! *
—No
* The ifland of Sora or Sorcha is frequently mentioned
in the poems of Offian. It is uncertain where it lay ; but
it leems to have been noted for the cruelty of its inhabitants.
This appears particularly from the prefent poem, and from
the Epifode of the Maid of Craca in the 3d book of Fin*
gal ; an edition of which, perhaps not the leaft correct, is
fab*

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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.
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