, 1876-11-19

| a good one Of its kind, considered merely as
| n story. Let us follow its incidents briefly,
meut, which cannot be given in brief telling
! OF the tale, is bctter than the air itself.
The poem begins iu the palace OF Eman. the
] home OF King Connor OF Ulster. The Kings
story-tcler, Feilimid, finding himself sad, gives
a feast in tis house to the King and bis cour-
| tiers. While the feast is holding, daughter,
| Dcirlre, is born to Feilimid, and the babe is
brought to be shown to the company. Old CAT
f, tile sage casts her horoscope, foreteliing that
| she soall grow up to: be q. "heautlfni bright
| lrebrand Of the gols-h
before thee Each thread Of thy yellow bair
| For some rrcat lero's heart shall be snare
| OF loves euci,nntmcnt: blue shall be thine eyes
| As the dccp sapphire depth Of April skies:
White peafls thy teeth, thy lips and bright cheeks
| As berries in the bosky wildwood bred
| Nell summer SUNS and fair md smooth thy
| skin
| As The soft satin rose-leares white and thin
| Ut the Kings garden in the prime Of Jnne!-
| Alas, for thee, that ere the woful noon
! OF thy yonng tlay-that day Of great distraught-
| Full many a deed OF darkness shall be wrought
For thou, all beautiful, shall wnke the fire
| OF Jealous anger and insane desire
III many hero's heart; and wars RED held
And thirsty sword: where hostile banners rise
| OF Kings renowned, to win thy smiles and sighs:
Alas ! for in thy day, and all for thee,
| Great Usnn's sons shall die by trcachery
And the Kings wrath; and from that deed OF
shame
Fair Enana halls tha1l feed the ,avening flame
or war and carnage, kind1ed by the light
Of thv DESTROYING gianccs, till the night
al woe enrau tfe iand occurst Of men.
One of the Kings warriors, stern and hard
old man, after limiting his meaning IN IN afiego-
pleads ior toe oestruelo VI ene us1u ~. ,nug
The King, however, checks the purpose, saying:
Be sure the fates no treachery intend,
Be sure the mighty Gods could never send
~ 1nnEc nnr sorrow ami to mar our bliss
Then let as rather thank the Glorious Ones
Who rnle in heaven. and roll the stars and suns,
n, M, mr. ln ali iii Ives Treasure to bestow
or beauty like this babe beyond all prices.
Then cease your fears and let my words suif'ce'
For I viii build palace fair und gay.
Where ehc shall blossom like the faireat rose
That in the love]icst bower Of Eman blows,
And IN the tide of time IN Eman 3 aa.t
Shall be my bride. the best oeioVo OF aA!
| In her palace the babe grows into beanu1ui,
all questioning childhood This passage, al
| though it has no necessary part 70 play IN our
brief following OF the story, must pc gwen IS
specimen Of the bette5 @ para par: OF Inc poftS a,.
| attendant; -
| 20 lavarcam!
! Come, tell me!-oh come. tell me what am!
Dd cone nete ass a,., nSs a,d tne hen tn ie,
| I've asked the flies fuli oft, but murmurfngly
nta1 Ia aa;d thev ware tno flied Of present alee
| ~ Tn. ~" o me answer. and thcy passed away;
III nn.a a ,ntn Tho strcamief did saw
ST1 sWot o1 ~ in ,1rny1 or m articn walk
| + ~ - al II 1ona1v an1:nerfnrrc 1nnst tatk
~, ~ ~ th;nga rorna that GREEN. or walk or av.
~ i ~ s1t In,v the;r sncnch And .Whnt nm IT,
1nI nst"s t,,e stream. and It wus churish, too.
na w91id Dol speaH 5nI n With Il, too much pa
III "a sTrc1yI f.eIyF f:ely! hoarse be. cr1cd:
An5 the1 from t,ff the strea1nIet's grassy brIm
Hnq n made great mouths at me, and at him,
! Until grew afraid of him md nc.
And ran and ran BY bunk and rnstling tree
Up to the iounr 10 see my G2!aasn ,! .1 gtancs,
And win .ne 10 1hv ts ~, kS or mi r. tsn
Rasnr,s nas1 Ts at 'ost to her dear native homo.
Aud fIlcd With ioy beneath tho branches cool
In airy circles skins her favoritc pool,
So ronnd the fountain With light loot and Tree
The little ensn malo oanIen Es1Gcaulsfs E:1s
Now nero, now tnere, IN 9e1 wiz ganuohn$s 14 ,
oeF the smoota gs4ss' as II sne' 1oo, naa n'nks'
The first hint OF the sorrows to come is given
in the Young girls art}css telling to the King OF
| n rlimn5c she has caught OF the fair world out
side OF. her Ualace garden walls.
4ST - ~ a,.. o.,5 ,r;1l toll +haa how
saw @ :. - oat s,anti ths heacten hon1h
gne ua1 :as, ~ a.s;..oi sns ai,n.f - ,raa
asaw IL l1e.as hta:s ,,d 40 ,ns rooshjv
These RI re were ny gia} times. and tbe squirrel gny
Amid the bzonches green did seem to say