Books and other items printed in Gaelic from 1801 to 1840 > Poems in English, Scotch, and Gaelic, on various subjects

GAELIC INSCRIPTION ON THE SAME.
Ge domhain dorch an leaba 'nuaigh
Na bitheadh gruaim air creidmheach beo;
Tha 'n la a teachd an toirear buaidh,
^Scha mhaslaich truailleachd sinn nis mo.
Thus Translated.
Tho' dark and dismal is the grave,
Let faith dispel the gloom;
We yet shall vanquish all our foes,
And triumph o'er the tomb.
TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN,
IN RETURN FOR SOME VERSES ON FRIENDSHIP
I HAIL the Muse, who social friendship sings,
And dares to soar on virtue's golden wings;