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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DEIRDRÈ'S SONG OF THE TREACHEROUS FEAST.
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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.
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A feast, a feast in the North,And Barach made that feast:
There, breaking a vow for a vow,
Fergus the Feaster sits.
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But Usna's Sons lie slainIn Eman of the spears:
They tamed the spears with their valour,
But treachery's nets o'erthrew them.
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Thrice shrieked the sword of their slayingThe sword of their safety slew them:
The foxes have slain the lions,
The crows have harried the eagles.
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