Ossian Collection > Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, appointed to inquire into the nature and authenticity of the poems of Ossian
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A gruag dhorcha sa ghaoith air faondra,
'S a lamh chaoin, mat cobhar, m'a cuailean ?
'S òg am macan na huchd,
'S binn a crònan na chluais :
Ach shèid an osnagh am fonn ;
Air Goll, Aoibhir-chaomh tha do luadh ! f
* * #
— A Mhorna, seall orm o'n aonach.
Bha tanam fein mar steud-shruth bras
Fo chobhar ceann-gheal an cuing garbhlaich ;
'S mac-samhuil sin anam do mhic.
— Aoibhir-chaomha I Og'uiH ! —
Ach ni 'm buin dears anna caomh do 'n dbintnn,
Tha anam Ghuill an colluirin a chòraig.
— 'S truagh gun Oisian mac Fhinn
Bhi learn, mar an linn Mhic Nuath !
— Ach tha m'anam fein na thannas èiti'
'S e leum na aonar sa chuan atmhor,
A' taoma' mile tonn air eilean air chrith,
'S a' marcachd a ris an còbhan na gaoithe. £
* * *
Ciod so chum thu, ghraidh,
Seach each an I na freoine ?
Mise dubhach air aoma chreag,
'S mac-thallaidh a' freagairt dom' chòra,
— Nach feuda tu pilleadh a nis
Ge d' thigeadli ort ànra cuain,
Is tuigh bhi ri leanabh do ghaoil
A thaomas learn osna gu cruaidh.
*S truagh nach cluine' tu, ghaoil,
Fuaim bhristeach tainme.
Ibid. p. 2». ^ Ibid-f.2R
A gruag dhorcha sa ghaoith air faondra,
'S a lamh chaoin, mat cobhar, m'a cuailean ?
'S òg am macan na huchd,
'S binn a crònan na chluais :
Ach shèid an osnagh am fonn ;
Air Goll, Aoibhir-chaomh tha do luadh ! f
* * #
— A Mhorna, seall orm o'n aonach.
Bha tanam fein mar steud-shruth bras
Fo chobhar ceann-gheal an cuing garbhlaich ;
'S mac-samhuil sin anam do mhic.
— Aoibhir-chaomha I Og'uiH ! —
Ach ni 'm buin dears anna caomh do 'n dbintnn,
Tha anam Ghuill an colluirin a chòraig.
— 'S truagh gun Oisian mac Fhinn
Bhi learn, mar an linn Mhic Nuath !
— Ach tha m'anam fein na thannas èiti'
'S e leum na aonar sa chuan atmhor,
A' taoma' mile tonn air eilean air chrith,
'S a' marcachd a ris an còbhan na gaoithe. £
* * *
Ciod so chum thu, ghraidh,
Seach each an I na freoine ?
Mise dubhach air aoma chreag,
'S mac-thallaidh a' freagairt dom' chòra,
— Nach feuda tu pilleadh a nis
Ge d' thigeadli ort ànra cuain,
Is tuigh bhi ri leanabh do ghaoil
A thaomas learn osna gu cruaidh.
*S truagh nach cluine' tu, ghaoil,
Fuaim bhristeach tainme.
Ibid. p. 2». ^ Ibid-f.2R
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Description | Selected books from the Ossian Collection of 327 volumes, originally assembled by J. Norman Methven of Perth. Different editions and translations of James MacPherson's epic poem 'Ossian', some with a map of the 'Kingdom of Connor'. Also secondary material relating to Ossianic poetry and the Ossian controversy. |
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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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