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Mrs. de Courcy Hamilton of Hafton, Argyllshire.
" Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler, sister woman ;
Though they may gang a kennin' wrang,
To step aside is human."
— " Address to the Unco Guid " — Burns.
Sm Ian Hamilton. Tedworth House, Andover.
" Enough is a.s good as a feast."
Dr. George Henderson. The University, Glasgow.
" Uisge fior-ghlan an fhuarain uisge buadhmhor mo ghaoil,
'S e deoch nam fear gUc e, 's e fion nam fear saor ;
Ni e fionnar mo bhathais 's an eanchuinn ta m' cheann
Bheir e neart do'n f hear anf liann 's ni e meanmnach fear farm ;
Mar thla ghaoith na mara 'tighinn thairis o'n tonn
Bheir e neart agus spionnadJi do gach feart ta na m' chom ;
Tha mo shuil-sa tur fallain, tha mo chridhe Ian sunnd,
'S mar dliithein na machrach cha'n h\ mi ach driichd :
Lion, lion suas an ciipan, Hon sua-s e gu Ian,
Na bi caoineadh na diglie nacli milleadh mo shlaintr—
Uisge fior-ghlan an fhuarain, uisge buadhmhor mo ghaoil
'S e deoch nam fear glic e, 's e fion nam fear saor."
— The late Rev. Colin Fraser, of Strathglass, who obtained a
prize for this rendering into Gaelic of lines on a well
near the late Captain Macrae Ghisholm's residence at
Alt-na-Glaislig.
Lieut. E. E. Henderson. Ibroxholm, Glasgow
" Na dean cial-chaineadh aig am earn bith
Air fear no te, beairteach no bochd ;
Chionn tha m6ran uile anns a' cjnidhe mhath
Agus m6ran maith anns a chridhe olc." — E. E. H.
Agnes Henderson. 14 Viewtark Road, Burnside^
" The tmest end of life is to know the life that never ends."
— William Penn.
Miss Jane Hay. St. Abbs Haven, Berwickshire.
" The reward of duty accomplished is the power to fulfil
another. — Robert Browning.
32
" Then gently scan your brother man,
Still gentler, sister woman ;
Though they may gang a kennin' wrang,
To step aside is human."
— " Address to the Unco Guid " — Burns.
Sm Ian Hamilton. Tedworth House, Andover.
" Enough is a.s good as a feast."
Dr. George Henderson. The University, Glasgow.
" Uisge fior-ghlan an fhuarain uisge buadhmhor mo ghaoil,
'S e deoch nam fear gUc e, 's e fion nam fear saor ;
Ni e fionnar mo bhathais 's an eanchuinn ta m' cheann
Bheir e neart do'n f hear anf liann 's ni e meanmnach fear farm ;
Mar thla ghaoith na mara 'tighinn thairis o'n tonn
Bheir e neart agus spionnadJi do gach feart ta na m' chom ;
Tha mo shuil-sa tur fallain, tha mo chridhe Ian sunnd,
'S mar dliithein na machrach cha'n h\ mi ach driichd :
Lion, lion suas an ciipan, Hon sua-s e gu Ian,
Na bi caoineadh na diglie nacli milleadh mo shlaintr—
Uisge fior-ghlan an fhuarain, uisge buadhmhor mo ghaoil
'S e deoch nam fear glic e, 's e fion nam fear saor."
— The late Rev. Colin Fraser, of Strathglass, who obtained a
prize for this rendering into Gaelic of lines on a well
near the late Captain Macrae Ghisholm's residence at
Alt-na-Glaislig.
Lieut. E. E. Henderson. Ibroxholm, Glasgow
" Na dean cial-chaineadh aig am earn bith
Air fear no te, beairteach no bochd ;
Chionn tha m6ran uile anns a' cjnidhe mhath
Agus m6ran maith anns a chridhe olc." — E. E. H.
Agnes Henderson. 14 Viewtark Road, Burnside^
" The tmest end of life is to know the life that never ends."
— William Penn.
Miss Jane Hay. St. Abbs Haven, Berwickshire.
" The reward of duty accomplished is the power to fulfil
another. — Robert Browning.
32
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Early Gaelic Book Collections > Hew Morrison Collection > Sop as gach seid > (34) |
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Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/82044573 |
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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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