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Three Irish Bardic Tales

Being Metrical Versions of the Three Tales known as The Three Sorrows of Story-telling. By John Todhunter

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THE SONG OF THE SWANS.

Tarry, Lir, and hear
The song of the Swans!
Pity thy children, Lir,
The Swans forlorn, thy children!