The Collected Works in Verse and Prose of William Butler Yeats, Vol. 7 (of 8) / The Secret Rose. Rosa Alchemica. The Tables of the Law. The Adoration of the Magi. John Sherman and Dhoya

by W. B. Yeats

Seacht b-pàidreacha fó seacht

Chuir Muire faoi n-a Mac,

Chuir Brighid faoi n-a brat,

Chuir Dia faoi n-a neart,

Eidir sinn ‘san Sluagh Sidhe,

Eidir sinn ‘san Sluagh Gaoith.

Seven paters seven times,

Send Mary by her Son,

Send Bridget by her mantle,

Send God by His strength,