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28 And clinging to it I could hear the cocks Crow upon Tara.' King Eochaid bowed his head And thanked her for her kindness to his brother, For that she promised, and for that refused.

Thereon the bellowing of the empounded herds Rose round the walls, and through the bronze-ringed door Jostled and shouted those war-wasted men, And in the midst King Eochaid's brother stood. He'd heard that din on the horizon's edge And ridden towards it, being ignorant.