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 THE DEATH OF SUALTEM

the brown bull passed from Cooley's fields

And all Muirevne was a wail of pain,

Sualtem came at evening thro' the slain

And heard a noise like water rushing loud,

A thunder like the noise of mighty shields.

And in his dread he shouted: "Earth is bowed,

The heavens are split and stars make war with stars

And the sea runs in fear!"

For all his scars

He hastened to Dun Dealgan, and there found

It was his son, Cuculain, making moan. 121