Note 13 — Chapter XXXIX

This is a poem by the Cork bard, Tadhg Gaolach O'Sullivan, who died in 1800. He wrote this poem in his youth, before his muse gave itself up, as it did in later days, to wholly religious subjects. In the original the rhymes are on é and ú.

"Taid Éigse 'gus Úghdair go trÚpach ag plÉireacht So sÚgach, go sglÉipeach 's a ndrÉachta dá snígheam Ar SpÉir-bhruinnioll mhÚinte do phlÚr-sgoth na h-Éireann Do Úr-chriostal gAOlach a's rÉiltion na righeacht; Ta fiÚnn-lil ag plÉireacht mar dhÚbha ar an Éclips, Go clÚdaighthe ag PhoÉbus, le AOn-ghile gnaoi, 'Sgur'na gnÚis mhilis lÉightear do thÚirling Cupid caÉmh-ghlic Ag mÚchadh 'sag milleadh lAOchra le trEan-neart a shaoighid."