in the Courtship of Ferb
Evil is the tidings which shall be carried westward
to Finnabair of the fair hostages;
The message about her brother is full of grief for her,
and that he is wanting to the fair Ferb.
Alill and Maev from the plains of Mag Ai,
they will not remain in life.
The appearance of thy cheeks is terribly changed.
I am not one who has not had a sufficiency of misery.
XII
The vision of Conor the upright,
The son of Cathba, the valiant, fair and great,
The high king of Ulster—an unhurt journey.
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Conor there lay on a night
in sleep—it was not a light sleep;
there saw he Something come to him: a woman
to him on his couch.
Purple-red her robe with figures of gold,
this was her apparel—she was not indigent—
silken stripes upon her head,
a high diadem of gold round about it.
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