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EXTRACTS FROM GAUL.
EXTRACTS FROM GAUL.
OPENING OF THE POE.M.
How mournful is the silence of isi^at
When she pours her dark clouds over the valleys !
Sleep has overcome the youth of the chace :
He slumbers on the heath, and his dog at his knee.
The children of the mountain he pursues
In his dream, while sleep forsakes him.
Slumber, ye children of fatigue ;
Star after star is now ascending the height.
Slumber ! thou swift dog and nimble, —
Ossian will arouse thee not from thy repose.
Lonely I keep watch, —
And dear to me is the gloom of night
"When I travel from glen to glen,
With no hope to behold a morning or brightness.
Spare thy light, Sun !
Waste not thy lamps so fast.
Generous is thy soul, as the King of Morven's :
EXTRACTS FROM GAUL.
OPENING OF THE POE.M.
How mournful is the silence of isi^at
When she pours her dark clouds over the valleys !
Sleep has overcome the youth of the chace :
He slumbers on the heath, and his dog at his knee.
The children of the mountain he pursues
In his dream, while sleep forsakes him.
Slumber, ye children of fatigue ;
Star after star is now ascending the height.
Slumber ! thou swift dog and nimble, —
Ossian will arouse thee not from thy repose.
Lonely I keep watch, —
And dear to me is the gloom of night
"When I travel from glen to glen,
With no hope to behold a morning or brightness.
Spare thy light, Sun !
Waste not thy lamps so fast.
Generous is thy soul, as the King of Morven's :
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > Hew Morrison Collection > Minor poems, and translations, in verse > (172) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/80600012 |
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| Description | From admired compositions of the ancient Celtic bards : with the Gaelic, and illustrative notes / by Robert Munro. |
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| Shelfmark | H.M.212 |
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| Description | A 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. |
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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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