The translations are sometimes free, and sometimes almost literal, according as seemed most fitting with the form of language I have used.
J. M. S.
Glenageary, December, 1908.
QUEENS
Seven dog-days we let pass
Naming Queens in Glenmacnass,
All the rare and royal names
Wormy sheepskin yet retains:
Etain, Helen, Maeve, and Fand,
Golden Deirdre’s tender hand;