CARMINA GADELICA

Ortha nan Gaidheal

SMOORING BLESSING

I will smoor the hearth

As Mary would smoor;

The encompassment of Bride and of Mary,

On the fire and on the floor,

And on the household all.

Who is on the lawn without ?

Fairest Mary and her Son,

The mouth of God ordained, the angel of God spoke;

Angels of promise watching the hearth,

Till white day comes to the fire.