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126 THE WAR OF CAR OS:
' In onx ibrefatiit'i's' flays ! — say how he fell ?
' On Cona's rocks his sounding navae remains I
* The streamlets of his hills ol't' have I seea !'
* Finical had driv'n IIitli)!an from his wars,'
Rcply'd the bard. — ^ For iorn Comala's fate .So
' The royal soul was sad, and his pain'd eyes
' No longer could upon Hidallan look.
' Lonely and sad, along the heathy plain,
* He* slo\v and silent niov'd. Down by his side
* Disorder'd hang liis arms. His rUxTIcd hair T''
* Loose from his helmet flics. The bursting tear
« Resistless trickles from his down-cast eyes,
* And from his breast half silent stole the sigh,
' Three days before to Lamor's halls he came,
' The mossy halls (his anccstorial seat) Do
* At Balva's streams ; unseen, alone he stray 'd.
* T/iere Lamor sat alone beneath a tree ;
* For, he his people, to the aid of war,
' Had with Hidallan sent. — Close at his feet
* The streamlet ran, and on his staff repos'd ICO
* His head of age, and sightless ate his eyes ;
* Whilst o'er he hums the song of other times.
* His ear perceiv'd Hidallan's feet approach ;
* For, well his steps the aged father knew.
" Is Lamor's son rcturn'd ?" * he then cxclaim'd,' 105
" Or do I hear the footsteps of his ghost ?
" Amidst the wars, on sounding Carun's banks
" Son of the aged Lamor, hast thou fall'n ?
*' Or, if I really hear Hidallan's feet,
" Where are the mighty in the deeds of war? 110
" Where, my brave warriors, with their echoing shields,
" With thee, Hidallan, v/onted to return ?
*' On winding Carun's banks (say) have they faU'n ?"
» Hidallan.