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S/x'ye Bards. 747
With this Bard's blessing on thy wedded morn,
All at thy bridal chamber-door we greet thee ;
May every joy of truth and goodness born
Through all thy life-long journey crowd to meet thee ;
And may the God of peace now richly shed
A blessing on thy kerchief-cinctured head !
I ma}- set against this the song composed by Neil Mac-
leod, entitled Beannachadh Leannain, and in which the bride
is invoking a blessing on the reverend bridegroom :
BEANNACHADH LEANNAIN.
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Beannaich thus, a Righ na cruinne,
An t-Urramach Maigh'stir Dughall,
Doirt a nuas bho dhriuchd nan speur air
Na chumas a gheugan sughmhor
Dh' fhairich mise brigh 'n a bheannachd,
'Sgaoileadh tharam mar ol-ungaidh
Na feartan, nach fhaod mi' aicheadh,
Thainig orm le blaths bho dhurachd ;
Cha 'n 'eil ball na m' cholainn uile,
Bho mo mhullach gu mo ludaig,
Nach 'eil cho urail ri duilleig
Riamh bho ghuidh e learn 'n a urnuigh
Beannaich e gach moch Di-domhnaich,
Bi 'dol comhlath ris do 'n chubaid.
Beannaich e fodh 'aid 's fodh 'chleoca,
'S an treud gorach 'tha fodh churam,
Thoir dha gliocas glan gun fhotus
Gu bhi 'g an seoladh do d' ionnsuidh,
'S ag arach gach meanglan breoite
'Tha fodh iomadh leon air lubadh.
Ach O !
A tha buailteach do gach duilidh,
Gu h-araid bho shuil nan gruagach,
Tha 'n an saighdean luaineach sugraidh ;
'S 'n uair a bhios am muineil gheala
'Sam bilean meala 'ga dhusgadh,
Mu'm bi 'inntinn air a truailleadh,
Sgaoil do bhrat gu luath mu' shuilean.
Cum bho 'shealladh an suil lurach,
'S an calpannan cruinne dumhail,
dion e bho gach buaireadh
'S an ciochan gucagach soluis
A dh-fhaodadh a chosfais a mhuchadh.
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