Still sailing on west, From the land they love best, They gaze upon nought But Muirneag! See Muirneag depart! Dear hill of their heart Now lost to their view For ever! ’Tis sunk in the sea, Each cheek becomes pale! Oh! list yon wild wail For Muirneag! Dear friends, loved so well, Are left far behind, Fond bleeding hearts swell With anguish! The bereaved pastor continues the wail further in a more religious strain, hoping— When time shall have passed May all meet at last, Safe at yon fair haven, In glory! WILLIAM LIVINGSTON. The Bard of Lochfyne is probably the best-known hitherto of the Gaelic _singers_ of this century; but his place is disputed by the sweet lyrist of Rahoy. Though not so popular as these two, as a mere singer, because he has produced so few songs suitable for singing, William Livingston must be regarded as the most powerful poetic personality among the Celtic bards of this century. Like Browning among the English poets, Livingston is less known than minor claimants for bardic recognition, because the general reader of Gaelic poetry is not always capable of appreciating anything higher in the poetic scale than smooth-flowing verse and mellifluous rhymes that make no demand on the severer exercise of thought. But his position as a bard among his contemporaries has been more than once recognised by a few of the most distinguished Celtic scholars and critics of his time. In competition for prizes offered by the Glasgow Celtic Society, on three occasions Livingston obtained the first prize, some of the adjudicators being the late Rev. Dr Smith of Inverary; the late Rev. Duncan MacNab of Renfield Free Church, Glasgow; and the late Rev. Duncan MacLean of Glenorchy;—the last being himself a sacred poet of very considerable genius. Many of his competitors on these occasions are authors of very popular songs, but their productions must be credited with more rhyme than poetic power.