No marching now with martial fire- Long this night the clouds delay- No hero now where heroes hurled- Long this night the clouds delay- DEUS MEUS. From the Irish of Maelisu. Deus meus adiuva me,1 Give me thy love, O Christ, I pray, In meum cor ut sanum sit,2 Domine, da ut peto a te,3 O, pure bright sun, give, give to-day, Hanc spero rem et quæro quam,* Hanc spero rem et quæro quam. 1 My God, assist thou me. 2 Into my heart that it sound may be. 8 Lord, grant thou what I ask of thee. This thing I hope and seek of thee. Tuum amorem sicut uis,1 Give to me swiftly, strongly, this, Quæro, postulo, peto a te2 That I in heaven, dear Christ, may stay, Domine, Domine, exaudi me,3 Fill my soul, Lord, with Thy love's ray, Deus meus adiuva me, Deus meus adiuva me.4 JESUKIN." From the Irish of "St. Ita " (480-570). Jesukin Lives my little cell within; What were wealth of cleric high- Nursling nurtured, as 't is right- Jesukin, my good for aye, 1 Thy love as Thou mayst will. ? I seek, I claim, and I ask of Thee. 8 Lord, Lord, hearken to me. This poem, written on the margin of 'Lebor Breac,' is quoted by Dr. Whitley Stokes, 'Calendar of Engus,' clxxxv. Alliteration is observed in the Latin lines. In the first verse it seems obtained by the reading “ad-iuva,” and in the fifth "amorem" alliterates with "uis” [vis]. Whitley Stokes, LL.D. 'On the Calendar of Engus,' 'Royal Irish Academy's Transactions,' 1880. Note, p. xxxv. Jesukin, loving diminutive of Isa-in modern Irish Iosa-applied to the Child Jesus. Jesu, more than angels aid, Sons of Kings and kingly kin, Unto heaven's High King confest A FAR FAREWELL. "T is mad to leap the lofty wall and strain a gallant steed, When close beside is the flow'ry fence to vault across at need. O bitter the bright red berries that high on the Rowan grow— But fresh and sweet the fruits we meet on the fragrant plant below. Farewell, farewell a thousand times, to the green town of the trees, Farewell to every homestead there from o'er the surging seas;Ah, many a wild and watery way, and many a ridge of foam Keep far apart my lonely heart and the maid I love at home. I move 'mid men, but always, their voices faint away, And my mind awakes and I hear again the words her dear lips say; Her sparkling glance, her glowing cheek, her lovely form I see As flowers that grow, like flakes of snow, on the black and leafless tree. If you go from me, Vuirneen, safe may you depart! No arm can swim, no boat can row, nor bark can mariner guide ORO, O DARLING FAIR. SPINNERS' SONG. Oro, O darling fair! and ioro O Fairness fair! Who's the young maid to be wed upon Shrovetide there? Oro, O darling fair! O lamb, and O love!" 66 Oro, O darling fair! and ioro O Fairness fair! Maid to be married I hear is sweet Annie Clare, Oro, O darling fair! O lamb, and O love!" "Oro, O darling fair! and ioro O Fairness fair! Who's the glad youth upon whom fell this happy air? Oro, O darling fair! O lamb, and O love!" "Oro, O darling fair! and ioro O Fairness fair! Florence O'Driscoll they say has the luck so rare, Oro, O darling fair! O lamb, and Q love!" 66 Oro, O darling fair! and ioro O Fairness fair! What is the outfit they give to the wedded pair? Oro, O darling fair! O lamb, and O love! " "Oro, O darling fair! and ioro O Fairness fair! GENTLE BRIDEEN. From the Irish of O'Carolan. O gentle fair maiden, thou hast left me in sadness; My bosom is pierced with Love 's arrow so keen; For thy mien it is graceful, thy glances are gladness, And thousands thy lovers, O gentle Brideen! 3144 The gray mist of morning in autumn was fleeting, Oh! fair is the sun in the dawning all tender, And beauteous the roses beneath it are seen, Then shine, O bright Sun, on thy constant, true lover; And the clouds shall depart that around my heart hover, THINGS DELIGHTFUL.1 From the Irish of Oisin. Sweet is a voice in the land of gold, Sweet is the sound of the blowing breeze, Sweet shouts the eagle of Assaroe, Where the gray seas of MacMorna flow, Fionn, my father, is chieftain old Of seven battalions of Fianna bold; 1 The original appeared in the Dean of Lismore's Book. |