Who ne’er for treasure burned;

Or Duiné’s son to woman sweet,

Who ne’er from battle turned,

But fearless with his single glaive

A hundred foemen dared to brave:

If lived Macgaree stern and wild,

That hero of the trenchant brand;

Or Caoilte, Ronan’s witty child,

Of liberal heart and open hand;

Or Oscar, once my darling boy,