[{"node":{"title":"Ferg030","Collections":"Conary","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1880","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Saturday, March 12, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Ferg030","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Goblet, Darkness, Ferflath","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/ferg030","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Ferg030_2.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff\" Nay then,\" said Cecht, \" it never shall be said\nMy royal master craved a drink in vain.\nAnd water in a well, and life in me.\nSwear ye to stand around him while ye live\nAnd I with but the goblet in one hand.\nAnd this good weapon in the other, will forth\nAnd fetch him drink ;\u2014 alone, or say, with whom ? \" \n\nNone answered but the little Ferflath ; he\nCried, \" Take me with thee, papa Cecht, take me ! \"\nThen Cecht took up the boy and set him high\nOn his left shoulder with the golden cup\nOf Conary in his hand ; he raised his shield\nHigh up for the protection of the child.\nAnd forth the great door, as a loosened rock\n(Fly ye, foes all, fly ye before the face\nOf Cecht, the battle-sidesman of the king !)\nThat from a hill side shoots into a brake,\nWent through and through them with a hunter's bound ;\nAnd with another, and another, reached\nThe outer rim of darkness, past their ken.\nThen down he set the lad, and hand in hand,\nThey ran together till they reached the well\nAnd 'filled the cup.\n\" My little son, stay here,\"\nSaid Cecht, \" and I will carry, if I may.\nHis drink to Conary.\" \n\n\" Oh, papa Cecht,\nLeave me not here,\" said Ferflath ; \"I shall run\nBeside thee, and shall follow in the lane,\nThou'lt make me through them.\"\n\" Come then,\" answered Cecht,\n\" Bear thou the cup, and see it spill not : come ! \"\nBut ere they ran a spear-throw, Ferflath cried,\n\" Ah me, I've stumbled, and the water's spilt.\" \n","Type":"Text"}}]