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17^ THE WORDS OF WOE.
hall has often given reft to the weary ; ani
will thy narrow dwelling refufe to admit the
wife of thy youth ? — ftie who was wont to re-
joice when the departing fun faluted the weft-
ern hill; becaufe her hunter returned at night.
He returned in the ftrength of his beauty.
His panting hounds came before ; his loaded
followers behind. She who waited thy co-
ming at Crayemore, whofe breall glowed at
thy approach, calls : — Wilt thou not hear. —
Speak, ye tenants of the grave I Your ciies
will be fweet unto me. The hufband of my
youth, the father of my children, is amongft
you; he will protedt me. — But no children
are mine. They alfo walk before the moon
"without a fiiadow *.— Why fo mercilefs to me,
O ^rave ! Thou haft wained from me th€ af-
fedlions of thofe whom my breaft has fuckled-;
and wilt thou not permit them to anfwer me
in b'ndnefs?
Chief
• The antients were perfeflly convinced, that, although
the ghods of deceafcd perfons wandered abroad, their bo-
dies ftill remained in the grave. With very good rcafcn,
therefore, they concluded, that, where there was nafub-
flaucc, there could be no (hadow.
hall has often given reft to the weary ; ani
will thy narrow dwelling refufe to admit the
wife of thy youth ? — ftie who was wont to re-
joice when the departing fun faluted the weft-
ern hill; becaufe her hunter returned at night.
He returned in the ftrength of his beauty.
His panting hounds came before ; his loaded
followers behind. She who waited thy co-
ming at Crayemore, whofe breall glowed at
thy approach, calls : — Wilt thou not hear. —
Speak, ye tenants of the grave I Your ciies
will be fweet unto me. The hufband of my
youth, the father of my children, is amongft
you; he will protedt me. — But no children
are mine. They alfo walk before the moon
"without a fiiadow *.— Why fo mercilefs to me,
O ^rave ! Thou haft wained from me th€ af-
fedlions of thofe whom my breaft has fuckled-;
and wilt thou not permit them to anfwer me
in b'ndnefs?
Chief
• The antients were perfeflly convinced, that, although
the ghods of deceafcd perfons wandered abroad, their bo-
dies ftill remained in the grave. With very good rcafcn,
therefore, they concluded, that, where there was nafub-
flaucc, there could be no (hadow.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Works of the Caledonian bards > (186) |
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| Description | Translated from the Galic, / by John Clark, F.S.A. Scot. Translator (author?) named in second edition: John Clark. Purports to be translations from the Gaelic but may be original. cf. Dict. nat. biog. (Clark, John, d. 1807). Preface. -- Introduction to the translations. -- Morduth, an antient heroic poem [by Douthah] -- The Chief of Scarlaw. -- The Chief of Feyglen. -- The cave of Creyla. -- Colmala and Orwi. -- The old bard's wish. -- Duchoil's elegy. -- Sulvina's elegy. -- Oran-Molla. -- The words of woe. -- The approach of summer. -- The antient chief [by Callum Ruadh]. |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.1.g.11 |
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