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154 CELTIC POETRY.
the rest of the slain being cast in a pit outside. Aideen is said to have been buried on Howth, near the mansion of her father, and poetical tradition represents the Fenian heroes as present at her obÂsequies. The cromlech in Howth Park is supposed to have been her sepulchre."
AIDEEN'S GRAVE. They heaved the stones ; they heaped the cairn.
Said Ossian, " In a queenly grave We leave her, 'mong her fields of fern
Between the cliff and wave."
The cliff behind stands clear and bare,
And bare, above, the heathery steep Scales the clear heaven's expanse, to where
The Danaan Druids sleep.
And all the sands that, left and right,
The grassy isthmus-ridge confine, In yellow bars lie bare and bright
Among the sparkling brine.
A clear pure air pervades the scene,
In loneliness and awe secure, Meet spot to sepulchre a Queen,
Who in her life was pure.
Here far from camp and chase removed,
Apart in Nature's quiet room, The music that alive she loved
Shall cheer her in the tomb. |
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