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THE DESERTED VALLEY.
THE DESERTED VALLEY.
Once, long ago, with dreamy joy,
I hail'd the summer-scented gale
That wafted me — ^light-hearted boy —
Afar from thee — my native vale.
Our light bark bounded o'er the wave,
The sea-bird shriek 'd its evening spell ;
And I, unheard, but fondly, gave
To thee and thine a long farewell 1
I soon forgot (to think oft now 1)
Thy woodland paths and murm'riug rills ;
I in a distant land, and thou
Reposing 'midst green Albion's hills.
I soon forgot, while many a change
Broke on my view, for I was free
To breast the proud Alps' mighty range,
Or bask in sunny Italy.

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Minor poems, and translations, in verse
DescriptionFrom admired compositions of the ancient Celtic bards : with the Gaelic, and illustrative notes / by Robert Munro.
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Hew Morrison Collection
DescriptionA selection of items from a collection of 320 volumes and 30 pamphlets of literary and religious works in Scottish Gaelic. From the personal library of Hew Morrison, the first City Librarian of Edinburgh.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected 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.