several old Scottish Gaelic poems, often sung, write of the grandeur of nature, even if they are about hunting. Often the authors are known, for instance Dun Bán Mac an tSaoir. There is a well known song in Irish Gaelic which starts up asking "what will we do henceforth, with the end of the woodlands," which laments both clearin of woodlands and demise of local aristocracy: Caoine Cill Chais The Lament for Kilcash