“Obligations unresisted by true heroes,

O! generous Oisin, I put upon thee,

To come with myself now upon my steed

Till we arrive at the ‘Land of Youth.’

“It is the most delightful country to be found,

Of greatest repute under the sun,

Trees dropping with fruit and blossom,

And foiliage growing on the tops of boughs.

“Abundant there are honey and wine,

And everything that eye has beheld,