A b’ fharsuing cliù air feadh na h-Eòrpa;
Bithidh i fathast mar a thòisich,
Os ceann gach cainnt ’na h-iuchair eòlais.”
English:—
Strange mystic pow’rs lie in that tongue,
Whose praise through Europe wide has rung;
As ’twas of yore in school and college,
It shall be first—the key of knowledge.
