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XI.
Druid! upon Laoree,
The coming of Patrick you hid not;
Too true the prophecies
Respecting the sovereign you predicted.
XII.
Prudent was Patrick during life;
Pleasing was in banishing evil propensities;
This is what extended his fame
Up to each tribe of people.
XIII.
He hymns, and revelations,
And the three fifties daily sung:
He preached, baptized, and prayed,
From praising God he never ceased.
XIV.
He felt not the cold of the season;
He stayed the night in the waters.
With heaven to be blessed as his kingdom,
He preached through the day on the hills.
XV.
In saving the people of Benibarka
He experienced neither drought nor hunger;
He sang an hundred psalms each night,
The King of angels to serve.
Prædicabat; baptizabat, orabat,
Et a laudibus dei non cessabat.
XIV.
Nec tempoiis algor impediebat
Quo minus maneret de nocte in mediis aquis
Ad cœli potiundum gaudium
Prædicabat de die super collibus.
XV.
In fonte sian ad aquilonem juxta Bennaboirche
(Qui fons nunquam deficit)
Decantabat centum psalmos singulis poctibus
Regi angelonun inserviepdo
