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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‘Maini the Red,’ said she. ‘By him fell their three heads.’
‘Not long then, by my sword, shall Maini wear his head
Upon him, for this deed,’ said he; ‘and were they slain
Under my surety, well must Conchobar himself
Look to his life to guard it.’ ‘Would it were thou indeed,’
Said she, ‘that brought us back; for now well had we sped.
Surely one foolish hour has brought long days of woe.
‘Not long then, by my sword, shall Maini wear his head
Upon him, for this deed,’ said he; ‘and were they slain
Under my surety, well must Conchobar himself
Look to his life to guard it.’ ‘Would it were thou indeed,’
Said she, ‘that brought us back; for now well had we sped.
Surely one foolish hour has brought long days of woe.
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