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GAELIC TEXT. 33
Tha 'chuid a's mo dhiubh anns an uir,
'S an t-iarmad fada bhuainn,
Dh' fhag mis' am aonaran an so,
40 IS^am choigreach noclidta, truagh.
Nam choigreach nochdta, truagh, gun taic',
'S an aiceid ann am chliabh, —
'N aiceid chlaoidhteach sin nach caisg —
44 'G am shlaid a chum mo chrich.
'G am shlaid a chum mo chrich le bron ;
Ach thugam gloir do 'n Ti,
Cha tug e dhomhsa ach mo choir ;
48 Fii 'ordugh bitheam striochdt'.
Analysis.
37. A's mo, ^vllich is greater, is an adj. clause to
chuid.
39. The facts stated in the jDreceding lines, 37, 38,
that left me, &c., so the subject to Dh' fhag
is a, the relative that, &c., standing for these
lines.
40. Whole line is Enl. of Object mise, and 41 is
same.
42. Tha 'n aiceid, &c.
43. The whole line is adj. to aiceid; nach caisg is
adj. clause.
PcLrsing.
37. A nom. to is; mo, see Grammar, Adjectives ;
dhiubh =de sibh.
38. Bhuainn = bho sinn, from us ; am = ann mo = ann
am=am.
43. Nach caisg. that ivill not stop ; na.ch. = that . . . not
a negative relative.
44. A chum, towctrds ; but chum is a noun gov. by
a=do in the dat. ; chum governs m.o chrich in
the genitive.
48, Ri, to or towards ; compare 16, ri ceilleir, and 56.