Reullura eyed the statue’s face,
And cried, “It is he shall come,
Even he in this very place,
To avenge my martyrdom.
“For, woe to the Gael people!
Ulvfagre is on the main,
And Iona shall look from tower and steeple
On the coming ships of the Dane;
And, dames and daughters, shall all your locks
With the spoiler’s grasp entwine?