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D U A N VII.
AEGUMENT.
' This took begins about the middle of tlie third night from the opening of
the poem. The poet describes a kind of mist which rose by night from
the lake of Lego, and was the usual residence of the souls of the dead
during the interval between their decease and the funeral song. The
appearance of the ghost of Fillan above the cave where his body lay.
His voice comes to Fingal, on the rock of Cormul. The king strikes the
shield of Trenmor, which was an infallible sign of his appearing in arms
himself. The extraordinary effect of the sound of the shield. Sul-malla,
starting from sleep, awakes Cathmor. Their affecting discourse. She
insists with him to sue for peace ; he resolves to continue the war. He
directs her to retire to the neighbouring valley of Lona, which was the
residence of an old Druid, until the battle of the next day should be over.
He awakes his army ■ndth the soimd of his shield. The shield described.
Fonar, the bard, at the desire of Cathmor, relates the first settlement of
the Firbolg in Ireland, under their leader Larthon. Morning comes.
Sul-malla retires to the valley of Lona. A lyric song concludes the
book." — JL