DEIRDRÈ'S SONG OF THE TREACHEROUS FEAST.
1
A song for thee, O Champion!
A song of the traitor's guile:
The foxes have slain the lions,
The crows have harried the eagles.
2
A feast, a feast in the North,
And Barach made that feast:
There, breaking a vow for a vow,
Fergus the Feaster sits.
3
But Usna's Sons lie slain
In Eman of the spears:
They tamed the spears with their valour,
But treachery's nets o'erthrew them.
4
Thrice shrieked the sword of their slaying
The sword of their safety slew them:
The foxes have slain the lions,
The crows have harried the eagles.
