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tlic blade * of Luno. The shield fell rolling ou
earth. Cleft, the helmet f fell down. I-'ingal
stopt the lifted steel. Wratiiful stood Swaran,
unarmed. lie rolled his silent eyes ; he threw
liis sword on earth. Then, slowly stalking over
the stream, he whistled as he went.
Nor unseen of his father is Swaran. Starno
turns away in wrath. His shaggy brows wa\e
dark, above his gathered rage. He strikes Lo-
da's tree with his spear. He raises the hum of
songs. They come to the host of Lochlin, each
in his own dark path ; like two foam-covered
streams, from two rainy vales !
To Turtlior's plain Fingal returned. Fair rose
the beam of the east. It shone on the spoils of
Lochlin in the hand of the king. From her cave
came forth, in her beauty, the daughter of Tor-
cul-torno. She gathered her hair from wind.
She wildly raised her song. The song of Lulan
of shells, where once her father dwelt. She saw
* The sword of Fingal, so called fromits maker, Luno
•f Lochlin.
t The helmet of Swaran. The behaviour of Fingal is
always consistent wilh that generosity of spirit which be-
longs to a hero. lie takes no advantage of a foe di*-
armed.