Note 2 — THE CHASE, A POEM TRANSLATED FROM THE IRISH.
Reading edition
——rubente Dextera sacras jaculatus arces Terruit urbem.—Hor. ——Heaven’s eternal Sire, With red right-arm, at his own temples hurl’d His thunders, and alarm’d a guilty world.—Francis.
Some of Oisin’s expressions might justly shock the piety of St Patrick. But let it be remembered that Oisin is no convert to Christianity; on the contrary, he is opposed to it, principally because it had put an end to his favourite pastimes.