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THE WORDS OF WOE. 179
Chief of Afcar ! — thou who waft great a-
inong the mighty, wilt thou not hear? — Other
^holls roam abroad in the feafon of darknefs^
The fons of the feeble fly in hafte j but I fly-
not thee. Thy grim ghoft has no terrors for
me. I fearch for thee among the dim fhades
of night ; but I cannot .find thee. The whirl-
wind is heard as it pafleth ; but thy voice is
not there. The full orbed moon is in the eaft:
The polilhed furface of the lake glitters below,
Smooth are her fteps along the half darkened
arch. — But thou fmileft in vain, daughter of
night I The children of the den fleep, regard-
lefs of thy beams. The fons of the cottage
alfo purfue their peaceful dreams ! No fha-
-dow moves before thee, but the wretched
Lefbana. She mourns the fall of her huf-
band. Her voice is heard among the clouds
of night ; but he hears her not. She inquires
lor her hunter,; but the fons of the rock re-
turn her own words for anfwer. —
O thou moon ! to whom the trembling ftars
nod in obedience in the feafon of fleep ; thou
iiaft often travelled thy journey through the
iky.
Chief of Afcar ! — thou who waft great a-
inong the mighty, wilt thou not hear? — Other
^holls roam abroad in the feafon of darknefs^
The fons of the feeble fly in hafte j but I fly-
not thee. Thy grim ghoft has no terrors for
me. I fearch for thee among the dim fhades
of night ; but I cannot .find thee. The whirl-
wind is heard as it pafleth ; but thy voice is
not there. The full orbed moon is in the eaft:
The polilhed furface of the lake glitters below,
Smooth are her fteps along the half darkened
arch. — But thou fmileft in vain, daughter of
night I The children of the den fleep, regard-
lefs of thy beams. The fons of the cottage
alfo purfue their peaceful dreams ! No fha-
-dow moves before thee, but the wretched
Lefbana. She mourns the fall of her huf-
band. Her voice is heard among the clouds
of night ; but he hears her not. She inquires
lor her hunter,; but the fons of the rock re-
turn her own words for anfwer. —
O thou moon ! to whom the trembling ftars
nod in obedience in the feafon of fleep ; thou
iiaft often travelled thy journey through the
iky.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Works of the Caledonian bards > (187) |
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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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