...Branch Knights to danger; Ere the emerald gem of the Western world Was set In the crown of a stranger. On Lough Neagh's bank, as the fisherman strays, When...towers of other days In the wave beneath him shining. Thus shall memory often in dreams sublime, Catch a glimpse of the days that are over; Thus sighing,...

...fixed the legend ineradicably. On Lough Neagh' s banks as the fisherman strays When the clear soft eve's declining, He sees the round towers of other days In the wave beneath him shining. This is the meager legend that accounts for Lough Neagh. Few enough of the northern peasants have heard...

...other unfortunate towns with their churches where now only mermaids can form the congregation. And as the fisherman strays When the clear cold eve's declining, He sees the round tower of other days In the wave beneath him shining. In the depths of the country, far from the sea,...

...one of its marvels, and not without authority from sober History: — 44 " On Lough Neagh's banks, as the fisherman strays When the clear cold eve's...Towers of other days In the wave beneath him shining." The legend, indeed, is by no means confined to this Ulster lake; but Lough Neagh has the distinction,...

...and music, as fully as he did upon the dry land. Many a time and oft, as by the banks of the lake " The fisherman strays When the clear cold eve's declining,...towers of other days In the wave beneath him shining." The confirmation of the story, does not rest upon proofs so slender as the sight of palaces under water;...

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...Saturday nights. It goes like this: "On Lough Neagh's bank, as the fisherman strays, When the clear cool eve's declining, He sees the round towers of other days In the waters beneath him shining.'" "'Indeed, I did then many and many a time,' ses I. ' My mother used to...

...she wore. In Ossianic dirge he tells us, No more to chiefs and ladies bright The harp of Tara swells. On Lough Neagh's bank as the fisherman strays, When...towers of other days In the wave beneath him shining. We have the song of Fionnuala, the daughter of Lir, who "was, by some supernatural power, transformed...

....••' ANCIENT IKELAND On Lough Neagh's bank, as the fisherman strays, When the clear cold eve 's declining, He sees the round towers of other days In the wave beneath him shining. Thus shall memory often, in dreams sublime, Catch a glimpse of the days that are over; Thus, sighing,...

...CONCLUSION 462 INDEX 481 PART I POWER AND SUBJECTION IRELAND AND ENGLAND CHAPTER I ANCIENT IRELAND On Lough Neagh's bank, as the fisherman strays, When the clear cold eve 's declining, He sees the round towers of other days In the wave beneath him shining. Thus shall...