Page:The poem-book of the Gael - Hull.djvu/78

36 “Let us adore the Lord together in silence, without intercourse; go thou into the strong river Tigris, and I will go into the River Jordan.

“Thirty-three days thou should'st be in the River Tigris, myself in Jordan under correction forty-seven clear days.

“Take with thee a firm flag of stone, (place it) under thy sitting, under thy gentle feet, and I shall take with me another stone equal to it, resembling it exactly.

“Dispose the stone in the river, bathe thyself on it; thou wilt be chosen as thou hast strength to endure until the water rises to thy throat.

“Thy locks spread luxuriantly on every hand, upon the stream on every side; be thou silent with grief and special sadness, thy keen eyes towards the heavenly ones.

“Lift thy two hands every canonical hour towards the heavenly Lord of the nine grades; pray. . ., even at the beginning, forgiveness for thy transgression.