In Gaelic accents learned to praise their God.
’Twas Gaelic Patrick spoke in Innis-Fayl,
And sainted Calum in Iona’s Isle.
Rich polished France, where highest taste appears,
Received her learning from that Isle of Tears;—
Ie, alma mater, of each tribe and tongue,
Once taught for France and Germany their young!
Well may we now our swelling grief outpour,
That seat in ruin, and our tongue no more!
Great praise and thanks, O noble Lhuyd, be thine,