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THE DIALOGUE OF OISIN AND PATRICK.
ISIN ! long is thy slumber,
Eise up and hear the psalm ; [thee,
Thy agility and valor have forsaken
Though thou didst engage in battles and
fierce conflicts.
0. I have lost my agility and strength.
Since no battalion survives to Fionn ;
In the clerics is not my pleasure,
Music after him is not sweet to me.
P. Thou hast not heard music equally good,
Since the beginning of the world until this day ;
Tho' thou art aged, silly, and grey [haired],
Well wouldst thou attend a host on a hill.
0. I used to attend a host on a hill,
Patrick of the morose disposition ;
lU it becomes thee to traduce my form,
As I have never been aspersed till now.
of Fenian tales that the Dord was also used as a war-trumpet to summon
the Fenian chiefs to battle. We are not aware that any specimen of it
is preserved in our national museums. For a learned dissertation on
ancient Irish musical instruments, see Cambrensis Eversus, Vol. I., Ch,
IV., edited hy the Rev. M. Kelly, D.D., for the Celtic Society.