Songs and Tales of Saint Columba and His Age. 13th Centenary, Iona 1897P. Geddes, 1897 - 52 páginas |
Termos e frases comuns
ainm an Athar art thou bade birlinn blessed bowed brethren Bron Bru-dhearg called Black Angus CASTLEHILL cell Celt child children of God Christ Cloth Colum cried Colum rose Colum spake Colum the White Columcille cried Colum crucified Culdees dawn deep dog-fish Druid Durrow Eiré eyes fast Father fish Gael galley glad glory grey hair head heart Heaven Holy Ghost hour they talked Iona Isle King knoweth last meditation Little black beast loch mackerel Maoliosa Maolmòr mhic Miss Fiona Macleod monastery moon MOON-CHILD Murtagh mystery nett night Olaus the White old monk Oran and Keir OUTLOOK TOWER PATRICK GEDDES Peace Picts rock Rune sailing Saint sang sea-weed seal shave shining shore SIN-EATER singing Sleep sorrow soul Spioraid Naoimh St Columba stood Sure sweet song Sweno the Hammerer sword thee Thereupon Colum thine things UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN vikings voice weary whispered white-robes wild woman wonder
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Página 10 - That I might bless the Lord Who conserves all ; Heaven with its countless bright orders, Land, strand, and flood ; That I might search the books all, That would be good for...
Página 8 - With him in Ros-Grencha the cattle are lowing At earliest dawn, On the brink of the summer the pigeons are cooing And doves in the lawn. Three things am I leaving behind me, the very Most dear that I know, Tir-Leedach I'm leaving, and Durrow and Derry; Alas, I must go!
Página 7 - The sounds of the winds in the elms, like the strings of A harp being played, The note of the blackbird that claps with the wings of Delight in the glade.
Página 44 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good?
Página 9 - Source of happiness ; That I might hear the thunder of the crowding waves Upon the rocks ; That I might hear the roar by the side of the church Of the surrounding sea ; That I might see its noble flocks Over the watery ocean ; That I might see the...
Página 18 - Come near, O wee brown bird ! " Christ spake : and lo, I lighted Upon the Living Word. Holy, Holy, Holy, I heard the mocking scorn ! But Holy, Holy, Holy I sang against a thorn ! Holy, Holy, Holy, Ah, his brow was bloody : Holy, Holy, Holy, All my breast was ruddy. Holy, Holy, Holy, Christ 's-Bird shalt thou be : Thus said Mary Virgin There on Calvary.
Página 14 - These are thy brethren," he said scornfully. But Ardan answered quietly, " Even so." The third hour they talked about the beasts of the earth and the fowls of the air. At the last Ardan said : " The ancient wisdom hath it that these are the souls of men and women that have been, or are to be.
Página 9 - I might see its heaving waves Over the wide ocean, When they chant music to their Father Upon the world's course; That I might see its level sparkling strand, It would be no cause of sorrow; That I might hear the song of the wonderful birds, Source of happiness; That I might hear the thunder of the crowding waves Upon the rocks; That I might hear the roar by the side of the church Of the surrounding sea...
Página 11 - Mary shave thou these locks, well -formed, soft-eyed man. Seldom hast thou had, handsome man, a knife on thy hair to shave it; Oftener has a sweet, soft queen comb'd her hair beside thee. Whenever it was that we did bathe, with Brian of the well-curled locks, And once on a time that I did bathe at the well of...
Página 43 - Small and mean though this place is, yet it shall be held in great and unusual honour, not only by Scotic kings and people, but also by the rulers of foreign and barbarous nations, and by their subjects ; the saints also even of other churches shall regard it with no common reverence.