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" Chaidli euid thoirt as a cheile, 'sa reuBadh le na meor;
" S chaidh moran dhinn a chlachadh, 's cliaidh cuid a
thachdadh beo.
" Thilg iad cuid gun fhabhar dhetli bharr nan creagan
mor,
" Us shlaod iad cuid air shailean, air feadli gach sraid
le spors';
" Phronn iad cuid gun acaracbd, 'sann eadar chlacha
raor,
"' Us phian iad cuid le eigin 'sa ghrate 'us iad 'gan rosd'.
" Cha mhor gu'n creid an saoghal, gach bas a thaom
iad oirn'.
" Fad tri cheud bliadhna, bha'n Dragon riamh 'gar leon
" Dh'fhuiling sinn ann 'n Asia, 's gach ait'mu'n cuairt
do'n Roinih,
'"S dh'fhuiliug cuid ann 'n Africa, 'san Fhramg
chaidh each a leon.
" Ach 'nis tha'n Ti bhabac' do dhiune pheac' thighinn
heo
" Air tionndaidh o na gnathaichean, a b'abhaist bhi
'san Roimh ;
" Tha Constantine air aicheadh nam paganaich 'san
doigh,
"' S e 'g aidcach' bhi na Chriosduidh, 'us cumhachd
Righ 'na dhom.
" Tha miltean 'nis 'g iarraidh, an deigh 'n Dia ta beo,
" Threig iad nithibh diomliain, 'sna h-iomhadhean or ;
'"S tha'n t-Iompaire na dhion doibh, 's e riaghladh
nan sloigh;
'"S o'nfhuair sinn began feimh, cha robh fuil nan
naomh 'ga dort'.
" Ach ge d' f huair sinn suaimhncas, bu truagh dhuinn
o'n la,
" Db'fhas sinn co uaibreach, 'us dh'fhuairich ar gradh,

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