Watch Thou o’er hapless Erin’s fate,
And shield at least from darker ill
The blood of Conn!
M.
[1] St Peter. This passage is not exactly a blunder, though at first it may seem one: the poet supposes the grave itself transferred to Ireland, and he naturally includes in the transference the whole of the immediate locality around the grave.—Tr.
[2] Caoine.
[3] Song.
[4] A compensation or fine.
[5] Ballyshannon.