[{"node":{"title":"Ferg032","Collections":"Conary","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1880","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Saturday, March 12, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Ferg032","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"North, Tutors, Loyalty","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/ferg032","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/Ferg032_2.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeffIn middle floor.\"\n\" Thou, Ferflath, take the cup\nAnd hold it to thy father's lips,\" said Cecht.\nThe child approached the cup ; the dying king\nFelt the soft touch and smiled, and drew a sigh ;\nAnd, as they raised him in the chariot, died. \n\n\" A gentle and a generous king is gone,\"\nSaid Cecht, and wept. \" I take to witness all\nHere present, that I did not leave his side\nBut by his own command. But how came ye,\nChoice men and champions of the warlike North,\nTutors of old and samplars to our youth\nIn loyalty and duty, how came ye\nTo leave your lawful king alone to die ? \" \n\n\" Cecht,\" answered Conall, \" and thou, Ferflath,\nknow, \u2014\nFor these be things concern both old and young \u2014\nWe live not of ourselves. The heavenly Gods\nWho give to every man his share of life\nHere in this sphere of objects visible\nAnd things prehensible by hands of men,\nThough good and just they are, are not themselves\nThe only unseen beings of the world.\nSpirits there are around us in the air\nAnd elvish creatures of the earth, now seen,\nNow vanishing from sight ; and we of these\n(But whether with, or whether without the will\nOf the just Gods I know not,) have to-night\nBy strong enchantments and prevailing spells, \u2014\nThough mean the agents and contemptible, \u2014 \n","Type":"Text"}}]