God bless the little villages and guard them night and day!

THE SOUL OF KARNAGHAN BUIDHE

By James B. Dollard

It was the soul of Karnaghan Buidhe

Left his lips with a groan.

Like arrowy lightning bolt released

It sprang to the Judgment throne.

Spoke the Judge: “For as many years

As the numbered drops of the sea

I grant you heaven—but thenceforth hell,