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A Literary History of Ireland, from Earliest Times to the Present Day

Note 2 — Chapter XXXVI

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Thus the nearest approach that Columcille makes to Latin rhyme is in the final unaccented syllable. See his "Altus" beginning

"Altus prosator vetustus Sed et erit in sæcula Dierum et ingenitus Sæculorum infinita Erat absque origine Cui est unigenitus Primordii et crepidine. Christus et sanctus spiritus," etc.

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