Three Irish Bardic Tales Being Metrical Versions of the Three Tales known as The Three Sorrows of Story-telling. By John Todhunter |
Three Irish Bardic Tales | ||
‘Ochone!’ Cuchullin said. ‘A black day is this day
For the Red-Branch! This deed of Conchobar's has brought
Sorrow and shame on us, and henceforth sorrow and shame
Will wake us in the morn, and in the night lie down
Beside us where we lie! But who gave them their death?’
For the Red-Branch! This deed of Conchobar's has brought
Sorrow and shame on us, and henceforth sorrow and shame
Will wake us in the morn, and in the night lie down
Beside us where we lie! But who gave them their death?’
Three Irish Bardic Tales | ||