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Chunriaic e gruaidh a b' àiUidh snuagh,
390 '^leasg siubhail a cuach-cliiabhan.
Dli'aitlinich e òigb o Liimon thall.
Ciod 'tba 'n comas do shar a dlifauamb i
Dh'eiricli osna ; tliuit na dcoir,
Ghrad-tbiouudaidh e mòr a clieuman.
395 Cha-n am so dbuit-sa fdiu, a rigli,
D' anam "mbosgladh fo stri dhiomhair ;
Tha còmbrag a' taomadb o "u f britb
Mar sbruthau ciara o mbomidb siaiiar.
« The home
of the suUeu
voice of
battles; lit.
the duskij
voice, &c.
Ciar,"dnsky,"
"daik-
hrown," is
often used to
denote a
gloomy, surly,
or sad mind —
applied to the
hue of the
mind as well
as to that of
material
objects.
>> Brown
eagle — Gael.
riabhach,
generally
means ' ' brin-
dled," but
sometimes
" brown."
Bbuail e coj^an-caismeacbd a sgiatb',
400 Aite còmbiiuidb gutli ciar nam bliir."
Ghluais Eirinu mu u cuairt do n <àrd tliriatb
Fuaim sgeitb' iolair riabbaicb nan earn.''
Cblisg òigli o 'caoin chadal "s an nair,
'Ciabb aillidb m'a gruaidh a' dol mall ;
405 Tbog i 'ceann-bbeairt o eudann ua cruaicli ;
Cbritb ise fo tbruaigb anns a' bliall.
C'uim' bbiodb bos doil)b 'an Ehinn mu 'n oigb,
Nigbiu Innis nan corr gbeug uaiue ?
Blia 'cuimlme mu sbinns're nan rigb,
410 'S bba 'b-anam a' stri fo mbòrcbuis.
Bba 'ceumau glan air cbul nan earn
Aig gorm sbrutlian nam blàr air ebnmliiiard ;
Aite faicinn nan ruadb 's a' gbleann,
He saw lier fair face lictorc liiiu in tlie midst of lior waiuluriiit,' locks.
H() knew the maid of Lunuiii. What should Cathmor do ( His
sighs arise, his tears come down ; Lut straight lie tuius away.
" This is no time, king of Alha, to awake thy secret soul. The
battle is rolled before thee like a troubled stream."
He struck that warning bos.s wherein dwelt tlie voice cjf war.