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DUAN IV.
« TllL-
waves are in
peace ; lit.
under virtue or
control. Bcus
has many
meanings,
primary and
secondary.
'Us e 'faicinn nan tounan fo bheus,"
Gun a' gliaotli a Ijhi treuu o tliuath.
Acli togaidh e na stuaidli gun dail
'G an iomain gu traigh ua fuaime.
370 Air bruachan nan luaeliar tliar alld
Cliaidil niglieau an t-sair o Liimou ;
Thuit a ceanu-bLeairt o 'ceann air I;ir ;
Bha 'h-aisling tliall 'n a tir fein.
An sin a bha madainn air raou ;
375 An liath-shruth a' taoruadh o cliruaich,
Na li-osagan ciara, 'us faoin
'Dubh-aomadli air faobhar uaa stuadli.
An sin a bba faruni gu seilg,
'N sin giuasad nan triath o 'n talla ;
380 Na b' àirde na each air an leirg
Treun Atha nan allda cama ;
Bha 'shiiil ag aomadh aii- a hiaidh,
Siiilmhalla nan cuacha glana ;
'cheumaibh, 'us e niòr air sliabh,
385 Le mòrchuis thionudaidh is' a gmaidh
A' cur a booha fo thaifcid theanu.
Mar sin bha aisling fhaoin na Ii-òigh,
'N uair a thainio- r'a coir Atha :
winds are laid. IJut .soon liu awakes tlie waves, and rolls them
large to some echoing shore.
On the rushy bank of a stream slej)t the daughter of luis huua.
The helmet had fallen from her head. Her dreams were in the
lands of her fathers. There niiu'ning is on the field. Grey .streams
lea]) down from the rocks. The breezes, in sliadowy wave's, lly over