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IRISH SONGS AND LYRICS |
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"But hear,—I have a tale to tell," She said,—" a cheering tale;
The Lord of Heaven, I know full well, Will soon set free the Gael.
A band of warriors, great and brave,
Are corning o'er the ocean wave;
And you shall hold the lands God gave Your sires, both hill and vale." |
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ALDFRID'S ITINERARY
During the seventh century so great was the fame of the Irish schools that many foreign princes were sent to Ireland to receive their education. Among them was Aldfrid, King of Northumbria, who was trained in all the learning of Erin, and who always aided and abetted the Irish in England. On leaving Ireland he composed a poem in the Irish language and meter, which Mangan translated "more closely than was his wont," as Mr. Douglas Hyde says.
I FOUND in Innisfail the fair, In Ireland, while in exile there, Women of worth, both grave and gay men, Many clerics and many laymen.
I traveled its fruitful provinces round, And in every one of the five I found, Alike in church and in palace hall, Abundant apparel, and food for all.
Gold and silver I found in money; Plenty of wheat and plenty of honey; I found God's people rich in pity, Found many a feast, and many a city. |
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