Our sons thou hast sent to foreign fields,
Or of freedom reft and life.”
“Bald, senseless wretch! our care is due
To Finn’s sad state, or thy mouth should rue
A speech so vile, and soon atone
With shattered teeth and fractured bone.”
Indignant Caoilte spoke.
With equal wrath said Oscar stern,
“Audacious babbler! silence learn—
What foe e’er felt thy stroke?”