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DUCHOMMAR MORNA	A
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DUCHOMMAR	B
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Footnote The signification of the names in this fragment are Dubhchomar a black well shaped man Muirne or Morna a woman beloved by all Cormac cairbre an unequalled and rough warriour Cromleach a crooked hill Mugruch a surly gloomy man Tarman thunder Moinie soft in temper and person	C
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Morna thou fairest of women	C
daughter of Cormac Carbre	B
why in the circle of stones in the cave	D
of the rock alone The stream murmureth	E
hoarsely The blast groaneth	E
in the aged tree The lake is troubled	F
before thee Dark are the clouds of	G
the sky But thou art like snow on	H
the heath Thy hair like a thin cloud	I
of gold on the top of Cromleach Thy	E
breasts like two smooth rocks on the hill	J
which is seen from the stream of Brannuin	H
Thy arms as two white pillars	K
in the hall of Fingal	J
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MORNA	H
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Whence the son of Mugruch Duchommar	B
the most gloomy of men Dark	L
are thy brows of terror Red thy rolling	M
eyes Does Garve appear on the	H
sea What of the foe Duchommar	B
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DUCHOMMAR	B
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From the hill I return O Morna	H
from the hill of the flying deer Three	B
have I slain with my bow three with	E
my panting dogs Daughter of Cormac Carbre	B
I love thee as my soul I	E
have slain a deer for thee High was	N
his branchy head and fleet his feet of	G
wind	O
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MORNA	H
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Gloomy son of Mugruch Duchommar	B
I love thee not hard is thy heart	P
of rock dark thy terrible brow But	Q
Cadmor the son of Tarman thou art	P
the love of Morna thou art like a sunbeam	R
on the hill in the day of the	H
gloomy storm Sawest thou the son of	G
Tarman lovely on the hill of the chace	S
Here the daughter of Cormac Carbre	B
waiteth the coming of Cadmor	B
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DUCHOMMAR	B
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And long shall Morna wait His	T
blood is on my sword I met him by	E
the mossy stone by the oak of the noisy	B
stream He fought but I slew him	U
his blood is on my sword High on	H
the hill I will raise his tomb daughter	B
of Cormac Carbre But love thou the	H
son of Mugruch his arm is strong as a	H
storm	V
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MORNA	H
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And is the son of Tarman fallen	H
the youth with the breast of snow the	H
first in the chase of the hill the foe	W
of the sons of the ocean Duchommar	B
thou art gloomy indeed cruel is	T
thy arm to me But give me that	X
sword son of Mugruch I love the	H
blood of Cadmor	B
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He gives her the sword with which she instantly stabs him	U
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DUCHOMMAR	B
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Daughter of Cormac Carbre thou	E
hast pierced Duchommar the sword is	T
cold in my breast thou hast killed the	H
son of Mugruch Give me to Moinic	M
the maid for much she loved Duchommar	B
My tomb she will raise on the	H
hill the hunter shall see it and praise	Y
me But draw the sword from my	E
side Morna I feel it cold	Z
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Upon her coming near him he stabs her As she fell she plucked a stone from the side of the cave and placed it betwixt them that his blood might not be mingled with hers	K

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