THE HARP OF THE GAEL. GAELIC MOD PRIZE POEM. BY REV. DUGALD MACECHERN, B. D. (Translated by Author.) HARP of my own dear country, Trembling against my bosom, Sweeter to me are thy strains Than all of the wide world’s music, Shapely thy curving neck Like the wild swan afloat on the ocean, Gleaming thy sun-bright strings, Like […]
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The Sources of Daily and Exalted Pleasures
THOS. JEFFERSON TO CHAS. McPHERSON. Albermarle [sic], in Virginia, Feb. 25th, 1773. DEAR SIR,–Encouraged by the small acquaintance which I had the pleasure of having contracted with you during your residence in this country, I take the liberty of making the present application to you. I understood you were related to the gentleman of your name […]
Ossian Evokes the Ghosts on the Banks of the Lora
Lightning Pours from Their Sides of Steel
Now I behold the chiefs, in the pride of their former deeds! Their souls are kindled at the battles of old; at the actions of other times. Their eyes are flames of fire. They roll in search of the foes of the land. Their mighty hands are on their swords. Lightning pours from their sides […]
She’s Flung Herself intae the Sea
Oh I will set my ship in order I will sail her on the sea I’ll go far over yonder border To see if my love minds on me And he sailed east and he sailed west He sailed far, far seeking land Until he came to his true love’s window And he knocked loud […]
John Campbell of the Bank
John Campbell’s diary recounts how the Jacobite army took control of Edinburgh on 17 September 1745. On 1 October, Bonnie Prince Charlie’s secretary informed John Campbell that he had £857 of Royal Bank banknotes and wanted payment for them in gold. Upon failure to comply, the Jacobites would seize property from the Bank and its […]