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He lays thofe terrors afide, however, in the pre-
fence of the young hero, whom he addrefTes in the
following mild and affe&ionate terms :
* Bheannaich Cuchullan do'n mhacaimh
Chliuaich e ghaifge is àille
In glòir bhinn mar chòra fili,
Is theafaich a chridhe le gràdh dha.
" Oganaich a thainig in cèin !
Math do ghniomh, a threun laoich chalma !
Tra chuir thu na feachd fir dhèg ud
Fu cliuibhreach gun chreuchd lè armaibh.
Tha do chrnth fan tràigh a foillfe
Mar ghealaich re oiche fhàimhe
Ag teachd roi na neula bailbhe.
Se m'adhbharfa theachd incèin
D' fhiofracha dhiot fein do chonai.
Co thu fein agus co t' athair
Na ceil ni 'f faide oirne."
t Cuchulin greeting hailed the fon of youth.
He praifed his gracefulnefs and valour,
In words foft as the language of bards,
While his heart was glowing with affeclion for him.
" Youth who haft come from afar !
Good were thy deeds, ftrong and mighty hero !
When thou laidft thofe feventeen warriors
Under binding, without the wound of a weapon.
Bright
fbas. His mighty hand is on his fword. Winds lift his flaming-
locks ! The warning moon half lights his dreadful face. His
features, blended in darknefs, arife to view. So terrible was
Cuthullin in the day of his fame.' Ofs. Poems, vol. i. p. 385-6,