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----_rubente_
_Dextera_ sacras jaculatus arces
Terruit urbem.--HOR.
----Heaven’s eternal Sire,
With _red right-arm_, at his own temples hurl’d
His thunders, and alarm’d a guilty world.--FRANCIS.
Some of Oisin’s expressions might justly shock the piety of St Patrick.
But let it be remembered that Oisin is no convert to Christianity; on the
contrary, he is opposed to it, principally because it had put an end to
his favourite pastimes.