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Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race - Knowledge Rush

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CHAPTER V: TALES OF THE ULTONIAN CYCLE 201“Floating on a brimful torrent, men go down <strong>and</strong> banks go by:Caught adown <strong>the</strong> lyric current, Guary, captured, ear <strong>and</strong> eye,Heard no more <strong>the</strong> courtiers jeering, saw no more <strong>the</strong> walls <strong>of</strong>Gort,Creeve Roe's 166 meads instead appearing, <strong>and</strong> Emania's royalfort.“Vision chasing splendid vision, Sanchan roll'd <strong>the</strong> rhythmicscene;They that mock'd in lewd derision now, at gaze, with wonderingmienSate, <strong>and</strong>, as <strong>the</strong> glorying master sway'd <strong>the</strong> tightening reins <strong>of</strong>song,Felt emotion's pulses faster—fancies faster bound along.“Pity dawn'd on savage faces, when for love <strong>of</strong> captive Crunn,Macha, in <strong>the</strong> ransom-races, girt her gravid loins, to run'Gainst <strong>the</strong> fleet Ultonian horses; <strong>and</strong>, when Deirdra on <strong>the</strong> roadHeadlong dash'd her 'mid <strong>the</strong> corses, brimming eyelidsoverflow'd.“Light <strong>of</strong> manhood's generous ardour, under brows relaxingshone,When, mid-ford, on Uladh's border, young Cuchullin stoodalone,Maev <strong>and</strong> all her hosts withst<strong>and</strong>ing:— ‘Now, for love <strong>of</strong>knightly play,Yield <strong>the</strong> youth his soul's dem<strong>and</strong>ing; let <strong>the</strong> hosts <strong>the</strong>irmarchings stay,166 Craobh Ruadh—<strong>the</strong> Red Branch hostel.

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