Ossian Collection > Poems of Oisin, bard of Erin

172 DIALOGUE.
Daire answered, " 1 could never play with
sweet pleasant chords — explicitly understand me,
Draoi gan Toir — if there was one man of the
Fenii under gloom."
The Druid made insignificant the charms within
the reach of Fionn and his hosts ; Daire then
played for them the sweet chord-music and the
sound of battle.
The Druid was pleased with the sweet tones of
that music of Daire : he then played his own la-
mentation, and lament for the Fenii before him.
Then said Draoi gan Toir, that ere long, with-
out any falsehood, the Fenii should all receive
knowledge of death, without any reprieve.
We the Fenii all raised a wailing shout of ve-
hement weeping and tears, when the Draoi gan
Toir said, that knowledge of death was not far
from us.
Draoi gan Toir then closed the doors quickly
with magic ; he left the Fenii in the prison, and
generous Fionn, securely.
Fionn said, " O Fenii, never yet were we in