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TIOH.MOEA.
'N uair lasadh còmbrag garbh m'a cliliabh.
265 Air da shleagh sliuas a mhòr sgiatli,
Truagh choraliara ciar a' bluiis,
An sgiatb sin fo bbualadb an rigb
An oidbcbe roinib stri nam blàr.
An sin fein a dh' aithnicb na bioich
270 Am a gbluasaid gu baotb-chòmbrag :
Cba do tbog e a sgiatb gu faoin,
Gus an èireadb r'a tbaobb a cbòmli -stri.
Bba 'cbeuman a' beumadb gu b-iud,
'Us deah'adb fo sbàr gbatb craoibb,
275 Cbo fuatbasacb ri crutb nam fuatb
Fo neulaibb dubb fuar na b-oidbcbe,
'N uair a cbuireas e fo tbruscan gruaime
A dbliitb cbleasan truagb an letb sboillse,
'S e 'gabbail de cbarbad nan gaotb
280 Air bruaillean baotb an fbaoin-cbaiain mbòir.
Guu sloladb o stoirm a' gbarbh cbùmbraig
Bba Eirinn nam mòr tbriatb tball ;
Bba 'm faileus fo re air a' cbòmbnard,
Mall tboirm an deigb comb -stri a' bblàir.
285 'N a aonar bba ceuman Cbatbmboir
Air agbart 's air ais air an t-sliabb,
E ag aomadb fo 'armaibb "U leir
Air Mòrbbeiun nan troun fo ruaig.
Nise tbàinig e gus an cos
within liis soul. On two spears hung his shield on liigh, the gloam-
ing sign of death; that shield which he was wont to strike by night
before he rushed to war. It was then his wariiors knew when the
king was to lead in strife, for never was this liuikler heard till the
wrath of Fingal arose. Unequal were his steps on high as he shuno
in the Learn of the oak j he was dreadful as the form of the spirit
TIOH.MOEA.
'N uair lasadh còmbrag garbh m'a cliliabh.
265 Air da shleagh sliuas a mhòr sgiatli,
Truagh choraliara ciar a' bluiis,
An sgiatb sin fo bbualadb an rigb
An oidbcbe roinib stri nam blàr.
An sin fein a dh' aithnicb na bioich
270 Am a gbluasaid gu baotb-chòmbrag :
Cba do tbog e a sgiatb gu faoin,
Gus an èireadb r'a tbaobb a cbòmli -stri.
Bba 'cbeuman a' beumadb gu b-iud,
'Us deah'adb fo sbàr gbatb craoibb,
275 Cbo fuatbasacb ri crutb nam fuatb
Fo neulaibb dubb fuar na b-oidbcbe,
'N uair a cbuireas e fo tbruscan gruaime
A dbliitb cbleasan truagb an letb sboillse,
'S e 'gabbail de cbarbad nan gaotb
280 Air bruaillean baotb an fbaoin-cbaiain mbòir.
Guu sloladb o stoirm a' gbarbh cbùmbraig
Bba Eirinn nam mòr tbriatb tball ;
Bba 'm faileus fo re air a' cbòmbnard,
Mall tboirm an deigb comb -stri a' bblàir.
285 'N a aonar bba ceuman Cbatbmboir
Air agbart 's air ais air an t-sliabb,
E ag aomadb fo 'armaibb "U leir
Air Mòrbbeiun nan troun fo ruaig.
Nise tbàinig e gus an cos
within liis soul. On two spears hung his shield on liigh, the gloam-
ing sign of death; that shield which he was wont to strike by night
before he rushed to war. It was then his wariiors knew when the
king was to lead in strife, for never was this liuikler heard till the
wrath of Fingal arose. Unequal were his steps on high as he shuno
in the Learn of the oak j he was dreadful as the form of the spirit
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Poems of Ossian > Volume 2 > (438) |
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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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