It is his own son he has slain.

CUCHULAIN.

’Twas they that did it, the pale, windy people.

Where? where? where? My sword against the thunder!

But no, for they have always been my friends;

And though they love to blow a smoking coal

Till it’s all flame, the wars they blow aflame

Are full of glory, and heart-uplifting pride,

And not like this. The wars they love awaken

Old fingers and the sleepy strings of harps.