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92 MODERN CAELIC BARDS.
Come thou grave-digger near, —
Come and tell in my ear
Whose it is I have got in my hand ;
Till I question the head
Of the life it once led,
Though little 'twill heed my demand,
Wert thou once some young maid
In beauty arrayed,
And virtuous and pure in thy ways, —
With thy charms fairly set,
To ensnare like a net,
The hearts of the young with their grace 1
And now those bright charms,
That woke love's sweet alarms,
Are thus loathsome to every one.
Out, out on the grave.
That sjDoiled thee so bare
Of that beauty such triumphs that won.
Or wert thou the Leech,
Who thy patients could teach
Every ache, every pain to allay —
Boasting elate.
Thy specific so great,
That could snatch from Death's hand his prey Ì
Alas ! and that power
Was lost in the hour
When relief thy own sickness did crave —
And then all thy skill,
' In the bolus and pill,
Could not keep thee a day from thy grave.
Come thou grave-digger near, —
Come and tell in my ear
Whose it is I have got in my hand ;
Till I question the head
Of the life it once led,
Though little 'twill heed my demand,
Wert thou once some young maid
In beauty arrayed,
And virtuous and pure in thy ways, —
With thy charms fairly set,
To ensnare like a net,
The hearts of the young with their grace 1
And now those bright charms,
That woke love's sweet alarms,
Are thus loathsome to every one.
Out, out on the grave.
That sjDoiled thee so bare
Of that beauty such triumphs that won.
Or wert thou the Leech,
Who thy patients could teach
Every ache, every pain to allay —
Boasting elate.
Thy specific so great,
That could snatch from Death's hand his prey Ì
Alas ! and that power
Was lost in the hour
When relief thy own sickness did crave —
And then all thy skill,
' In the bolus and pill,
Could not keep thee a day from thy grave.
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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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