Hew Morrison Collection > Dàn an Deirg; agus, Tiomna Ghuill (Dargo and Gaul)

THE LAY OF DARGO. 21
And the king from liis cloudy window
Upon ns his brave friends looks down.
2 -to Through his tears as a mist he beholds ns,
But his tears fall, and he sees our sail ;
Gladness bursts from his eyes ; —
' Cual (he cries) with his ships draws near.'
See ! Lochlinn comes down to meet us ;
245 Before them goes Armor like a mountain deer,
Whose hands on Erin's shore (rash the deed!)
Myself once loosed from the tight thongs that bound
Let each warrior now gird upon him [them.
His blue-gleaming steel, and leap to shore ;
250 Let each one remember his prowess
And the mighty deeds of Fingal's sons.
Spread, Dargo, thy broad shield !
Draw, Carrill, thy glittering sword !
Brandish, Connal, aloft thy spear,
255 And soiuid, Ullin, the joyous battle-strain !"
We met Lochlinn, nor was it joy to us —
They stood before us in firm ranks and strong,
Even as the oak on Malmor's height,
That bends not to the blast's imperious will.
260 Lmisfail beheld our distress.
And swift rushed forth to the rescue.
Then was Lochlinn scattered abroad ;
Each living branch of theirs was withered.
Armor met the chief of Innisfail,
265 And dire was the conflict of their meeting.
The king's spear pierced the hero's breast,