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TIGHMORA.
'anam 'an iiaii' liu mlior stoirm.
Bha thusa mu dheireadh air cliul,
390 A DheaiTsa-Lena uan siil gorm.
395
Garbh-cliearbacb o fhuaim sbnitlian Liihair
Theieh Bolga gu ciilaobh uan sliabb ;
Bba Fillean m' an ceuman a' dliithadh ;
Air an fbraoch chuir e diibhra bàis.
Bha solas àrd Fhionnghail m'a mhac.
Gbluais Cathmor fo thlacbd nan corm sgiatb.
1 Tuneful
strings ; lit.
fresh or new
strings.
Treig, a Cblatho nan gorm sbill,
Treig-sa talla nan ùr tbeud ; "
Faic deari'sa 'tha 'deab-adb gu 'chid ;
400 'Tha 'seacadli uan shiagh m'a cbeum.
Na coimbead na 's f baide 's e dorcb' ;
Gu b-eutrom o cbaol-mheadhon clàrsaich
Buaileadb òigbe nan sàr am fuaim ;
Cba sbealgair 'tba 'tcuruadb o'u fbàsacb,
405 dbcalta air càrnaibb nan ruadb ;
Cba cbròm e am liogba air gaoitb ;
Cba cbaill e 'liatb iutbaidb air masfb.
Fada sbios 'an dearg a' cbòmbraig,
Faic comb -stri su dòmbail r'a thanbli
its storms. Thou wert the last of his race, blue-ej'ed Dardu-lena !
Widespreading over echoing Lubar, the fliglit of Bolga is rolled
along. Fillan hangs forward on tlicir steps ; he strews with dead
the heath. Fingal rejoices over his son. lihie-shielded (_'athmor
rose.
Son of Alpin, bring the harp! Give Fillan's praise to the wind.
Raise high his praise in mine ear, while j'et he shines in war.
TIGHMORA.
'anam 'an iiaii' liu mlior stoirm.
Bha thusa mu dheireadh air cliul,
390 A DheaiTsa-Lena uan siil gorm.
395
Garbh-cliearbacb o fhuaim sbnitlian Liihair
Theieh Bolga gu ciilaobh uan sliabb ;
Bba Fillean m' an ceuman a' dliithadh ;
Air an fbraoch chuir e diibhra bàis.
Bha solas àrd Fhionnghail m'a mhac.
Gbluais Cathmor fo thlacbd nan corm sgiatb.
1 Tuneful
strings ; lit.
fresh or new
strings.
Treig, a Cblatho nan gorm sbill,
Treig-sa talla nan ùr tbeud ; "
Faic deari'sa 'tha 'deab-adb gu 'chid ;
400 'Tha 'seacadli uan shiagh m'a cbeum.
Na coimbead na 's f baide 's e dorcb' ;
Gu b-eutrom o cbaol-mheadhon clàrsaich
Buaileadb òigbe nan sàr am fuaim ;
Cba sbealgair 'tba 'tcuruadb o'u fbàsacb,
405 dbcalta air càrnaibb nan ruadb ;
Cba cbròm e am liogba air gaoitb ;
Cba cbaill e 'liatb iutbaidb air masfb.
Fada sbios 'an dearg a' cbòmbraig,
Faic comb -stri su dòmbail r'a thanbli
its storms. Thou wert the last of his race, blue-ej'ed Dardu-lena !
Widespreading over echoing Lubar, the fliglit of Bolga is rolled
along. Fillan hangs forward on tlicir steps ; he strews with dead
the heath. Fingal rejoices over his son. lihie-shielded (_'athmor
rose.
Son of Alpin, bring the harp! Give Fillan's praise to the wind.
Raise high his praise in mine ear, while j'et he shines in war.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Poems of Ossian > Volume 2 > (410) |
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| Description | Volume II of 'Poems of Ossian : in the original Gaelic with a literal translation into English and a dissertation on the authenticity of the poems / by the Archibald Clerk ; together with the English translation by Macpherson'. |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.136 |
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| Description | " ... in the original Gaelic with a literal translation into English and a dissertation on the authenticity of the poems by the Archibald Clerk ; together with the English translation by Macpherson." |
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| Shelfmark | Oss.135-136 |
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| Description | Selected 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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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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