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FRITHIL.
I.
The sigh of a friend on fair Frithil's repose :
Alas ! the young hero is laid in his grave :
The sighs of our -warriors their sorrows disclose,
And our maidens lament him — the beautiful brave !
II.
Ah, see the fresh earn of our Frithil's decay.
And why did the star of our gallants depart ?
He fell by the cruel deceiving of Mey,
The mother iugrate of the loved of his heart.
III.
Weep on, ye fair maidens of Cruathan, weep on ;
Severe was the fate that bereft ye of glee :
weep, for your fav'rite for ever is gone, —
The beautiful scion of heroes was he !

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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.