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THE DEATH OF CARRTL.
VIII.
" Carril ! my child ! my own — my lovely boy !
Thy wounds afflict thy sire, and many a friend !"
Said Fingal, mournful in his altered joy :
As mourns the sun, when wintry clouds impend.
IX.
" Carril ! my darling ! dreary is the hour ! —
Thine eyes are closed — thy teeth of whiteness fast
Thy beauty altered like the faded flower —
Thy strength departed like the desert blast !
X.
" Not ever more to seek the battle field
Shalt thou, my fair, be seen witli manly tread ;
Z<o more, young warrior, shall thy sounding sliield
Be heard, approaching to thy father's aid '.
XI.
" Hads't thou been vanquished by a stranger host,
Or by the Alonarch of the World's '2) proud peers-
Then I'd revenge thy death, Carril, lost 1 —
Upon the Britons of triumphant spears !

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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.