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Thou askest fair daughter of the	A
isles whose memory is preserved	B
in these tombs The memory of Ronnan	C
the bold and Connan the chief of	D
men and of her the fairest of maids	E
Rivine the lovely and the good The	A
wing of time is laden with care Every	F
moment hath woes of its own Why	G
seek we our grief from afar or give our	H
tears to those of other times But thou	I
commanded and I obey O fair daughter	H
of the isles	J
	-
Conar was mighty in war Caul	K
was the friend of strangers His gates	L
were open to all midnight darkened	M
not on his barred door Both lived upon	C
the sons of the mountains Their bow	I
was the support of the poor	N
	-
Connan was the image of Conar's	L
soul Caul was renewed in Ronnan his	L
son Rivine the daughter of Conar was	L
the love of Ronnan her brother Connan	C
was his friend She was fair as the	A
harvest moon setting in the seas of	D
Molochasquir Her soul was settled on	C
Ronnan the youth was the dream of her	H
nights	L
	-
Rivine my love says Ronnan I go	O
to my king in Norway A A year and	M
a day shall bring me back Wilt thou	I
be true to Ronnan	C
	-
Footnote A Supposed to be Fergus II This fragment is reckoned not altogether so ancient as most of the rest	P
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Ronnan a year and a day I will	Q
spend in sorrow Ronnan behave like	R
a man and my soul shall exult in thy	G
valour Connan my friend says Ronnan	C
wilt thou preserve Rivine thy sister	H
Durstan is in love with the maid	S
and soon shall the sea bring the stranger	H
to our coast	T
	-
Ronnan I will defend Do thou	I
securely go He went He returned	U
on his day But Durstan returned	U
before him	V
	-
Give me thy daughter Conar says	L
Durstan or fear and feel my power	H
	-
He who dares attempt my sister says	L
Connan must meet this edge of steel	W
Unerring in battle is my arm my	G
sword as the lightning of heaven	C
	-
Ronnan the warriour came and	M
much he threatened Durstan	C
	-
But saith Euran the servant of	D
gold Ronnan by the gate of the north	X
shall Durstan this night carry thy fair one	C
away Accursed answers Ronnan be this arm if death meet him not there	Y
	-
Connan saith Euran this night	Z
shall the stranger carry thy sister away	A2
My sword shall meet him replies Connan	C
and he shall lie low on earth	B2
	-
The friends met by night and they	A2
fought Blood and sweat ran down	C
their limbs as water on the mossy rock	C2
Connan falls and cries O Durstan	C
be favourable to Rivine And is it my	G
friend cries Ronnan I have slain O	O
Connan I knew thee not	D2
	-
He went and he fought with Durstan	C
Day began to rise on the combat	E2
when fainting they fell and expired	F2
Rivine came out with the morn	C
and O what detains my Ronnan	C
She saw him lying pale in his blood	G2
and her brother lying pale by his side	H2
	-
What could she say what could she	F
do her complaints were many and vain	C
She opened this grave for the warriours	L
and fell into it herself before it	I2
was closed like the sun snatched away	A2
in a storm	J2
	-
Thou hast heard this tale of grief	K2
O fair daughter of the isles Rivine was	L
fair as thyself shed on her grave a	A
tear	Y

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