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ORIGINAL POEMS.
Slowly, o’er the weary moorland,
From the dank and deadly shore.
Slowly, and in bitter sorrow,
Through a rough and rugged way,
With the yellow beams upon it
Of the sickly setting day.
Ah ! how lowly lies the leader;
See how pale his face is now;
Never in the hall or highway—
Never on the mountain brow—
Shall his step be laid majestic;
Shall his stately form be seen;
Shall his voice inspire the council,
Or the fight his manly mien.
Never shall his clan behind him
Gather in the joy of fight;
Never draw their cold blue weapons—
Hard and deadly—glancing bright.
Poorly now the chief’s attended,
Rudely now the hero’s led;
Yet Re wakes not from the slumber
Of yon red and mossy bed.
For the sad stamp’s on his features
Which Dubh Slice’s hard arrow bore;
On the moor Clan Gillian redden’d
With their brave and boiling gore.
Only two are with the driver
Of a rolling, rocking car,
Stretch’d whereon the dead man’s carried
From the fiery field of war.
ORIGINAL POEMS.
Slowly, o’er the weary moorland,
From the dank and deadly shore.
Slowly, and in bitter sorrow,
Through a rough and rugged way,
With the yellow beams upon it
Of the sickly setting day.
Ah ! how lowly lies the leader;
See how pale his face is now;
Never in the hall or highway—
Never on the mountain brow—
Shall his step be laid majestic;
Shall his stately form be seen;
Shall his voice inspire the council,
Or the fight his manly mien.
Never shall his clan behind him
Gather in the joy of fight;
Never draw their cold blue weapons—
Hard and deadly—glancing bright.
Poorly now the chief’s attended,
Rudely now the hero’s led;
Yet Re wakes not from the slumber
Of yon red and mossy bed.
For the sad stamp’s on his features
Which Dubh Slice’s hard arrow bore;
On the moor Clan Gillian redden’d
With their brave and boiling gore.
Only two are with the driver
Of a rolling, rocking car,
Stretch’d whereon the dead man’s carried
From the fiery field of war.
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Description | Out-of-copyright books printed in Gaelic between 1631 and 1900. Also some pamphlets and chapbooks. Includes poetry and songs, religious books such as catechisms and hymns, and different editions of the Bible and the Psalms. Also includes the second book ever published in Gaelic in 1631. |
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