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16G temora: Book V.
Cul-allin, benCcnth the eye of Fillan. His hair is roll-
ed in a little stream : his blood wandered on his shield.
S':ill his hand held the sword, that failed him in the day
of his danger. " Thou art fallen," said Fiilan, " ere yet
thy tame was heard. Thy father sent thee to war: and
he expects to hear thy deed?. He is grey, perhaps, at
his streams, turning his dim eyes towards Moi-lena. But
thou shalt not return, with the spoil of the fcJlen fee."
Fillan poured the iiight of Erin before him, over the
echoing heath. But, man on man, fell Morven, before
the dark-red rage of Foldath ; for, far on die field, he
poured the roar of half his tribes. Dermid stood be^
fore him i-n wrath : the sons of Cona gather round.
But Ills shield is cleft by Foldath, and his people pour-
ed over the heath.
Then said the foe, ii\h;s pride, " They have fled, and
my fame begins. Go, Malthos, and bid the king to
guard the dark-rolling of ocean ; that Fingal may not
escape from my sword. He must lie on earth. Beside
some fen shall his tomb be seen. It shall rise without a
song. His ghost shall hover in mist over the reedy
pool."
jSlalthos heard, with darkening doubt ; he rolled his
silent eyes. He knew the pride of Foldath, and looked
up to the king on his hill ; then, darkly turning, he
plunged his sword in war.
In Clono's'' narroAv vale, where bend two trees above
h This valley had its name from Clono, son of Leihmal of Lora,
rrc of the ancestors of Dermid, the son of Duthno His history is
thiisrelate-d in an o-ld poem. In the Jays of Conar the son of Tren-
mor, the first kuig of Ireland, Clono passed over into that kingdom,
fiom Caledonia, to aid Conar against the Firliolg. Being remarka-
ble for the beauty of his person, he soon drew the attention of Snl-
mJn, the young wife of an IrL^ih chief. She disclosed her passion,
vbich was not properly returned by the Caledonian. '1 he lady sick-
ened, through disappointment, and her love for Clono came to the
ears of her husband Fired with jealousy, he vowed revenge. Clo-
no, to avoid his rage, departed from Temora, in order to pass over
imoScotiand; and treing benighted in the valleymeiuionvd heie.