Deirdre (Classic Reprint): A Question of Memory and Ras Byzance: A Question of Memory and Ras Byzance (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

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The chief room of Fedlimid's house: at the back a wall pierced by windows through which gloomy night and trees can be seen; below the windows a table running the whole length of the wall and continued down the right side. In the left wall a closed door. The tables are lighted cheerfully and servants move about serving the guests. Fedlimid sits over against the wall at the right-hand table, Conchobar nearly opposite, his back to the centre of the room. Cathfach at the cross-table, also sits with his back to the room, facing the windows.

Fedlimid.

[Rising.] O high king, welcome! Mighty Conchobar,
Most valiant, most victorious over-king,
Whose deeds my harp has fed, who deigns to honour
His story-teller's feast of flesh and wine;
All that I have I give you, all is yours
That you can claim for pleasure or I offer,
Here in your smooth Emain, O Light of Valour,
To you who love my songs, my chaunts, my knowledge
Of far-off wars, of genealogies.
And be my witness, all who drink and banquet,
How there is nothing I reserve my own
That this enjoyer of my harp desires:
For they who hear our music, they possess
Our very selves, our substance, all we are
And all we have...

A tumult at the portal!

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