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1. Cú Chulainn agus Conlaoch (continued)

   

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   Conal. " O Shield of Erin of resistless might!
   Take no such though as to decline the fight,
   Free thy preceptor by the vengeful steel
   And teach the foe superior force to feel."
   . . . . . . . . . . . .
   Cu. "now fair-haired youth the choice is wholly thine
   To combat or declare thy name and line."
   Conn. "Never to living mortal on this earth
   Shall I through fear disclose my name and birth,
   Though noble chief, thy mien possess my soul
   my vows of knighthood all such thoughts control."
   The warriors then encounter on the plain
   And undecided long the fight maintain,
   Dire was the conflict, dreadful was the fray
   And rare the feats of arms which they display.
   At length Cucullain's fire + wrath arise
   Indignant lightning flashing from his eyes,
   With fatal aim the knotty spear he sends
   And low on earth the bleeding youth extends.
   Cu. "Now youth thy purpose + thy name reveal,
   Thy wounds I fear no power of art can heal,
   That so thy tomb we may with honour raise
   And future poets sound thy deathless praise."
   Conn." Ah chief draw near, ah! father, sire,
   That I may in a parent's arms expire,
   And let yon warriors to this place advance
   To hear my dismal tale + dire mischance.

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