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o Dazed, half-
opened eyes.
Biioth signifies
" stupid, ''
" iiiiiidU'ss, "
01' " mad" —
a remarkable
epithet to be
apjdied to the
morning, of
which I think
"dazed" is
here the best
rendering.
" 'S e gutli mo bhràthar fèin a bli' ann ;
315 A nis cha-n fbaicear ganu a cbrutli :
Guu bwg tba 'iir n-astar 's a' gbleaun,
'Sbiol iiueacbd na b-oidbcbe fo clbubb.
Is minic, mar sboillse gbatb speur,
Cbitbear leum air beinn a tba fas,
320 Sibbse 'teicbeadb aii- osaig leibb f b^in
Eoimb gbluasad ar ceumanna malL
Gluaisibb, a Lagaicb, o tbrèin ;
Cba-n'eil gliocas no feiim n'ur dàil,
Bbur solas cbo dona ribb fbein,
325 Mar aisHng gun leus 'am pràmb,
No smuaiuteau fo sgiatban 'tlia loni,
Ag aiseag a null tbar a' cbliabb.
An tuislieb Catbmor fein gu luatb
Dubb-tbaisgte gun tuar 'an tigb caol,
330 Anns nacb eiricb a' mbadainn o stuadb,
A sbilean letb-f bosgailt 's i baotb ? "
As m'fbianuis, a tbannais gun bbi-igb !
Buinidb còmbrag nan rigb dbomb fein :
As m'fbianuis gacb smuaint' acb stri.
335 Mar iolair na fritbe o blieinn
Siiibblams' a macb air an raon
'Gblacadb dealra nacb faoin de cbliu.
'An gleannan dìombaii' nan srutb mall
Fanaidli anam nacb sàr fo mbiiig ;
340 Tbig bliadbnan 'us aimsii'ean 'nail ;
" It was the voice of tlie kiiifr," he said ; " but now his form is
gone. Unmai'ked is your path in the air, ye children of the night.
Often, like a reflected beam, are ye seen in the desert wild ; but ye
retire in your blasts before our steps approach. Go, then, ye feeble
race ! Knowledge with you there is none ! Your joys are weak,
and like- llie dreiuiis uf our rest, or tlic liglit-wiuged thuught that