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FAIRY SONG.
[My child, smooth-shining, my own one pale,
Smiting the horses with hand of mail,
The horses shod, and the horses fleeting,
My little sweeting.
'Tis sad that I could not see thy fold,
High, high up on the slope of the wold,
A garment slender, napped, o' the green,
Round thy fair shoulders, and a smock's sheen,
My little child.
'Tis sad that I could not see thy team,
And the men tend it, at evening beam,
The women of Conall homeward going,
And the Catanaich sowing.
O thousandfold soft, O thousandfold blest.
Whom my womb bore, who sucked at my breast,
And my knees who pressed.
O 'tis my child, my armful of yew,
Lusty and fat, my soft rush true.
My hope in my talk, my own flesh and blood,
Last year 'neath my girdle, a fruit in the bud,
Thou wilt be this year, fair and neat,
On my shoulder through the township street.
My little child.
[My child, smooth-shining, my own one pale,
Smiting the horses with hand of mail,
The horses shod, and the horses fleeting,
My little sweeting.
'Tis sad that I could not see thy fold,
High, high up on the slope of the wold,
A garment slender, napped, o' the green,
Round thy fair shoulders, and a smock's sheen,
My little child.
'Tis sad that I could not see thy team,
And the men tend it, at evening beam,
The women of Conall homeward going,
And the Catanaich sowing.
O thousandfold soft, O thousandfold blest.
Whom my womb bore, who sucked at my breast,
And my knees who pressed.
O 'tis my child, my armful of yew,
Lusty and fat, my soft rush true.
My hope in my talk, my own flesh and blood,
Last year 'neath my girdle, a fruit in the bud,
Thou wilt be this year, fair and neat,
On my shoulder through the township street.
My little child.
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Ossian Collection > Folk tales and fairy lore in Gaelic and English > (131) |
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/79219055 |
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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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