[{"node":{"title":"Ferg055","Collections":"Deirdre","Contributor":"Linen Hall Library","Coverage":"1880","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Thursday, February 4, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Ferg055","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Monster, Ollarva, Imagery","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/ferg055","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/Ferg055_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeffDEIRDRE\nUlan, what king was he dwelt here of yore ? \n\nILLAN.\nFergus, the son of Leidi' Lithe-o'-limb,\nEre yet he reigned at Eman, did dwell here \n\nDEIRDRE.\nWhat, Fergus Wry-mouth ? I have heard of him,\nAnd how he came by his ill-favoured name,\nAnd struck his bond-maid, and should pay for it.\n'Tis a fair valley. And 'twas here he lived ?\nMethinks I see him when he rose again\nFrom combat with the monster, and his face,\nThat had that blemish till love wiped it off,\nSerene and ample-featured like a king \n\nILLAN\nNot love, but anger, made him fight the beast. \n\nDEIRDRE.\nNo, no, I will not have it anger Love\nPrompts every deed heroic. 'Tis the fault\nOf him who did compose the tale at first,\nNot to have shown 'twas love unblemish'd him.\nAnd so 'tis here we cross Ollarva's fords.\nAnd, with our wheels still dripping, skirt the lake }\nNo longer shows it like the ample shield\nI pictured it, when gazing from above.\n'Tis now a burnished falchion half-unsheathed\nFrom cover of the woods and velvet lawns.\nOh ! happy fancy, what a friend art thou,\nThat, with thy unsubstantial imagery,\nEffacest solidest and hardest things.\nAnd mak'st the anxious and o'erburthened mind\nMove for a while forgetful of itself,\nAmid its thick surrounding obstacles,\nAs easy as a maiden young and gay\nMoves through the joyous mazes of the dance '\nThanks, gracious Ulan, for thy fair discourse\nThat has beguiled the way so happily. \n","Type":"Text"}}]