Literature of the Highlands
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What could be more delightfully natural in thought and felicitous in expression than the following ?
Wave will rise on silent water.
Listen to the mountain wind till the streams abate.
Any one may laugh on a hillside.
Sending birds to the wood.
Blue are the hills that are far from us.
Night is a good herdsman : she brings all creatures home.
The three prettiest dead — a child, a salmon, and a blackcock.
The sea likes to be visited.
Black is the... berry, but sweet I black is my lassie, but bonnie !
Every bird is melodious in its own grove.
From these various categories that we have been con- sidering it will be seen that the Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases offer a rich field for the study of the ways of thinking 158 The Literature of the Highlands and feeling, the life and manners, the wisdom and superstition, the wit and even the vagaries of the Celtic inhabitants of Scotland in times past ; and as has been wisely observed, they are interesting in this respect not only to the historian, but also to the philologist and student of human nature.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
A few choice examples will serve for illustration.
What could be more delightfully natural in thought and felicitous in expression than the following ?
Wave will rise on silent water.
Listen to the mountain wind till the streams abate.
Any one may laugh on a hillside.
Sending birds to the wood.
Blue are the hills that are far from us.
Night is a good herdsman : she brings all creatures home.
The three prettiest dead — a child, a salmon, and a blackcock.
The sea likes to be visited.
Black is the... berry, but sweet I black is my lassie, but bonnie !
Every bird is melodious in its own grove.
From these various categories that we have been con- sidering it will be seen that the Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases offer a rich field for the study of the ways of thinking 158 The Literature of the Highlands and feeling, the life and manners, the wisdom and superstition, the wit and even the vagaries of the Celtic inhabitants of Scotland in times past ; and as has been wisely observed, they are interesting in this respect not only to the historian, but also to the philologist and student of human nature.
What to read after Literature of the Highlands?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Maclean, Magnus, 1857-1937 to read onlineMoreLess
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