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SUIREADH OISEIN air EAMHAIR-ALUINN. 



JL S Cuth-duine far nach ionmhuin 



Deirimfe riutfa nighean iunnfai, 



Gu'n raibh mi 'm dhea laoch air bheirt eile, 



Ge ta mi 'm fheann laoch fan latha-fo'. 



Latha gu'n deachaidh leinn 



Eamhair aluinn fholt-ghrinn, 



Nighean bu gheal-lamhach glac, 



Leannan coigrich Chormaig. 



Ghluais fmn gu foith Locha Leige 



An da fhear-dheug a' b' f hear foi *n ghrein, 



Ge b'e dh' fhidireadh ar run, 



Romhain bu theichmheach droch cuth. 



Bheannuich an fm Bran Mac Leacan 



D'an-t' fluagh aluinn, ard, gheal-ghlacacb 



Gu narach, treoireach, neo-mheata, 



Nach do phill fcannal no afcal. 



Dh' fharaid e dh' inn, an gloir bhinn, ' 



Ciod e an taifc mu'n d' thainig fmn ? 



Caoike fhreagair air ar ceann, 



A dh* iarraidh do nighin ortfa. 



genious and poetical manner in which Mr. Mc. Pherfon has introduced this little 

 poem, as an epifode, in the 4th Book of Fingal. 



Mr. Mc. Pherfon infifts, without any authority from the original (fee the edi- 

 tion of Perth) that thefe were fins of Jlreamy Morven, in order to confirm his erro- 

 neous opinion, that Oflian was alfo of that country. 



