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Cha d' shàbhail fear as a cheud diu,
"S ghleidh sibh fein bhur cuid gus an diugh.
Na fir thaobhgheal 'b' fhaobharach guin,
Luaidheadh aodach caol agus tiugh ;
Cloithean màdair 's càrnaid 'nan cur.
Ri linn Alasdair 's Mhontròis,
Bha sibh 'n 'ur caithream an Lochaidh ;
Bu ghleusda, baranta, Dòmhnull,
Leomhann crò 's an torachd a muigh.
Bha 'ur naimhdean diolta dhe 'r cluich ;
Thug iad maoim a mach air a' mhuir,
Broinn air bhroinn a' ruith leis an t-sruth,
B' iomadh fear-cleoc' agus abaid,
Bha chòta cho fliuch r' a chais'eart,
Fòghlum an t-snàimh' nach robh aige ;
x'\ir an aigeal luidh iad air ghur.
Cha robh daol a' faochnadh an cuirp ;
Oir bha 'n aodach, caol agus tiugh,
Ni nach b' ioghnadh, aognuidh 's e fliuch.
La eir ann an Coille-chnagaidh,
Dh' fhalbh Mac-Aoidh 's gu 'n dh' fhàg e 'bhaggage,
B' fheumail an gniomh rinn an t-each dha,
Air na bh' aige chuir e droch bhuil.
B' iomadh sonn a b' fhonnmhoire guth,
Bh' air Raon-Ruaraidh 's fuaran o 'n cuirp,
Cinn 'us gruagan luaidht' ann am full.

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Poems and songs of John MacCodrum, Archibald MacDonald, and some of the minor Uist bards
DescriptionEdited with introductions and notes by Archibald MacDonald. The Uist Collection.
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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.