[{"node":{"title":"Ferg039","Collections":"Deirdre","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1880","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, February 4, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Ferg039","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Banishment, Ainle, Brother","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/ferg039","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/Ferg039_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeffGloom or reproachful look ; though, were it there\n'Twere not for me to wonder or complain ;\nFor I, alas ! am she that tempted you\nTo that rash, rapturous, defiant deed\nThat wraps us all in bonds of banishment.\nNo, never have they shown themselves to me\nOther than sweet, affectionate, and gay. \n\nNAISI.\nThou would'st not have them lose their joy of life\nTo keep us happy?\n\nDEIRDRE.\nHappy in thy love,\nI can but think of that estate alone.\nLove is all-selfish. Love but thinks of one.\nIts own fulfilment is love's world to love.\nBut here comes gentle Ainle from the chase. \n\nNAISI.\nGood brother, welcome : what is next afoot ? \n\nAINLE.\nWe hunt to-morrow in the corrie, sir. \n\nNAISI.\nAy, I have hunted in the corrie oft.\nAnd there seen buck and doe, but never a man.\nAnd when I've slain my quarry, I have said,\n\" Beast, thou wast happy as compared with me,\nFor thou wast of a good town citizen,\nAnd mingledst antlers bravely with thy peers.\" \n\nAINLE.\nWhat ails our brother ? \n\nDEIRDRE.\n'Tis a fond regret,\nBred of the solitary life we lead. \n\nAINLE.\nNot solitary. I were well content,\nIn such good company as still we have.\nTo spend my days a-hunting ; and at eve\n","Type":"Text"}}]