Books and other items printed in Gaelic from 1801 to 1840 > Dàna Oisein mhic Fhinn

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CALTHONN IS CAOLMHAL.
Ard shdlas a’ lasadh mo chleibhe;
Labhair am mor righ ri Oisian,
Air thoiseach am meadhon nan triath.
<£ A ghath mo threunais,” thuirt an righ,
“ Shiol Fhionnghail, gu stri tog mo shleagh ; 155
yt Gabh gu Tuaid’ nan sruth corrach o fhrith; :
Tearuinn Colmar nan carbad is fleagh ;
Thigeadh do chliu-sa am fhianuis,
Mar aiteal dol sios anns a’ ghleann,
Gus an eirich mo smuainte an iosal 160
Mu mo shiol, mu ur-chliu nam beann. -r
Bi •sa, Oisein, mar ghaillinn an comhrag,
Gu ciuin is gun mhorchuis do naimhde ;
Mar so fein ghlan an cliu dhomhsa ;
Bi-sa, Oisein, mar mhor-thriath Shelma; 165
’Nuair thig dana nam focala treuna
Gu taila nan teud, chrom mo simile,
Tha mo ruighe a* sineadh gu beuma,
?Nuair thig lagaich fo bheud am’ ionnsuidh,
Mo chlaidheamh an cdmhnuidh ’g an dion.” 170
Ghluais solas o fhocail an righ;
Chaidh mise gun stri fo armaibh;
Ri mo thaobh ghluais Diaran nam frith,
Is Deargo, ard righ nan gorm shleagh;
Tri cheuda o oigridh nan gleann 175
An deigh mo cheuma air a’ mhagh,
Na coigrich a’ triall ri m’ thaobh.
Chuala Dunthalmo am fuaim
O astar na cruaidh’ gu ’thir;
Choimhthionail e neart na gann Tuaid : 180
Air tulaich sheas sluaigh gu stri.
Mar charraige briste le torrunn.