Where the Gael once heard thy preaching,

And fall’n is each columned aisle

Where the chiefs and the people knelt.

’Twas near that temple’s goodly pile

That honoured of men they dwelt.

For Aodh was wise in the sacred law,

And bright Reullura’s eyes oft saw

The veil of fate uplifted.

Alas, with what visions of awe

Her soul in that hour was gifted—