J. F. Campbell Collection > Original collection of the poems of Ossian, Orrann, Ulin, and other bards, who flourished in the same age
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ST. COLUMBA. Ml
" Seven years before that awful day,
M'hen time shall be no n)ore,
A watery deluge shall o'ersweep
Hibernia's mossy shore.
The green-clad Tsia too shall sink.
Whilst with the great and good,
Coliimba's happy isle shall rear
Her towers above Uie flood."
in North Britain, since (he days of St. Columba, to whom the public are
more indebted, than to the Reverend Dr. Smith, for his faithful translation
of the scriptures, and several religions books, besides many other woikg of
his own composition, which will be useful to succeeding ages. Add to
this his holy and exemplary life and conversation : hii name ought to be
recorded in the atinals of history— as a great divine, a bright genius, and a
i^ood man.
" Seven years before that awful day,
M'hen time shall be no n)ore,
A watery deluge shall o'ersweep
Hibernia's mossy shore.
The green-clad Tsia too shall sink.
Whilst with the great and good,
Coliimba's happy isle shall rear
Her towers above Uie flood."
in North Britain, since (he days of St. Columba, to whom the public are
more indebted, than to the Reverend Dr. Smith, for his faithful translation
of the scriptures, and several religions books, besides many other woikg of
his own composition, which will be useful to succeeding ages. Add to
this his holy and exemplary life and conversation : hii name ought to be
recorded in the atinals of history— as a great divine, a bright genius, and a
i^ood man.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Original collection of the poems of Ossian, Orrann, Ulin, and other bards, who flourished in the same age > (251) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/81004647 |
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| Description | Collected and edited by Hugh and John M'Callum. (Copy at Cam.1.d.30) |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.1.d.30 |
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| Description | Volumes from a collection of 610 books rich in Highland folklore, Ossianic literature and other Celtic subjects. Many of the books annotated by John Francis Campbell of Islay, who assembled the collection. |
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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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