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When upon the sallow tide Pearly elfin boat does glide, When the mystic oar is heard, Like the wing of baleful bird— Dar'st thou with a voice of might Call upon thy spell-bound knight?

When the shallop neareth land, Dar'st thou, with thy snow-white hand, Boldly on the warrior's breast Place the Cross by Churchman blest?— When is done this work of peril, Thou hast won proud Ulster's Earl!