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"T h • Do... .~
"T I! E D 0 V E"
ro t he ~ay 1191 le8u8 of the DublIn maaa ~in e Anthologla bibemice l a
~ rief a rticle _as contributed by Th.ophllua (all&9 Tadhg) O'Flannagan,2
... The (ollo... 1ng ia the 1 .. pr :llpt u o f an old Irish b&rd, ... bicb hS3
b •• n .. uch &dtll1rad for ItQ eenulee poetic&l .. ~r1t , dellc&cy of
thought, and true air of uent1"'~nt & 1 m"hncboiy. The language l a
Pll!'e , ele6an t &rid cortcla", &nd t b. poetry perhctly cOrrect, It
" a a speken by a bard belonging to t b. house of O' Brien , upon bea ....
i.~g a ~o \' . ceo , as b~ paaced by , (1'010 tb, ruin of tile h ",ily aen t
of L£In:;A('l! i n the county of Chre, I n the h.st century. 1 fear
It cannot be done justlc e to i.n "n >;Ildl1nh tranalation dthl n tb.
H",\.t8 of its 0"" .... asure; nOr do I tll1nk a Hterai Pl on tr .. n .....
latton can convey its ucellenc .. to ..n Dlg l1ch r " ader . I bav e ,
b~~· ev~ ., subJOin ed an a t t ... pt in both •••
Tuar guil, a chuil",. do cbeol ,
~. o c!.roidhe nl beo dba bhrigh ,
Do b br eacai& .. 0 dhe;'r 0 .. r06g,
TruHeb nacb ad tho" t do bhie t
Li ten.l 'fran$latl on in I'r08e.
Presage of laClcntation , 0 : dove, is tb.y .. u81",
J.!y he art " not alive fro" ita fore.,
Tbou ba8 t flattered ~y t.a r (rom mi n • • y. ,
Sad t b~t
it 1,. "ot i n tb.y silence tbou bad'st been~
The Attempt in Verea .
Pensl ~o, 0 do~e le thy not.,
~y h.ar t cannot bear t h8 'ad etra lnl
'rom mina eye t he eeft t ea r thou h.a t a ~ ot .,
Thy dhnce hed aev' d ... t bi. pa1n~
FrOm tbe kindnees of L~"B "
J
~errlOQ Eaq . & etudent of tb, Univu ...
a ity, I ... e nabled to t:1ve t be mU81c, a nd fr Olll hl . known talent
in tbs t e legant department I muet belt.v. i t "orr.ct. 4
Fa"i n g t be a r ti"le i 8 tbe "URic given on tb, n.z t Paee. 5
The chi.f 1nt e r e8 t of tbL8 piec. 1. that it aeaoclata . aD Irla h