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12 DAN an DEIRG.
" Thig leinn, a Chri-mora, gun bhròn,
Gu talla nan oigheana fial,
Far am bheil Suilmhàlda le Treunmor,
A' fealg * feidh dhoilleir nan nial."
Chualas a h ofna leoin,
'S i fealltuinn le bròn na deigh ;
Sguir an ceol • — an taibhfe threig,
'S dh' fhàg rnife learn lein deurach.
Amhuil tonn f air tràigh leis fein,
'S am maraich ag eifdeachd o bhruth,
Bha guth mo ghaoil 's i gam threigfinn I
Mar aifling fealgair 's an èigh ga dhùfga.
Chuir mife nan dejgh mo ghlaodh,
Taoin mar uifge ri h aonach ;
Mar fmùdan faoin an coilli' fhàs 7
Dh'
* It was the belief of other ancient nations, with vvhofe
creed we are acquainted, that departed fpirits purfued in
another world the fame occupations and amuftments in which
they were engaged in this.
qux gratia curruum
Armorumque fuit vivis ; qux cura nitentis
Pafcere equos, eadem fequitur tellure repoilos„
Vid. iEn. 6. & Odyfs. ii.
t|- al. ro dhoininn an cèin.