The Courtship of Ferb
the Ol-guala, and it was filled with wine. From the hand of the cupbearer a polished drinking vessel fell into the vat, so that three ripples were formed therein, and the ripples flowed over the rim. Then thus spoke Ollgaeth the Druid:—
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Woe's me, said the Druid, there's "Broth in the cup";
Too soon shall a stranger the beaker fill up;
Troops shall wounded be lying.
And heroes be dying,
Eman Macha[1] be sighing.
And houses shall fall!
Knights of Gerg fight in duel
With Conor's men cruel.
Till the daylight's renewal
Drives night from the hall!
Sad was the birth of men, foredoomed to fight
Within the house of royal Gerg to-night!
Conor came to the door, and his foreign warriors, as their custom was, raised their cry of havock round about the castle. And Gerg arose, and with him his two sons—to wit, Conn the victorious and Cobhtach of the fair
- ↑ Pronounced Aymen Maa-ha.
