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IX.
For asked they the saint to make haste
And Letavia's wide lands desert,
That from error's dark ways Eire's men
He might in life's pathways direct.
And Letavia's wide lands desert,
That from error's dark ways Eire's men
He might in life's pathways direct.
X.
Foretold Eire's seers years of peace,
Which were to remain through all time;
But the grandeurs of Tara the proud
Were to vanish in dust, as earth's slime.
Which were to remain through all time;
But the grandeurs of Tara the proud
Were to vanish in dust, as earth's slime.
XI.
To Leary, the monarch, Druids told
Of the advent of Patrick the saint;
And their visions were true, as we know
From the facts which his histories paint.
Of the advent of Patrick the saint;
And their visions were true, as we know
From the facts which his histories paint.
XII.
Renowned was Saint Patrick through life,
And of error he was a dire foe;
Hence for ever his name shall be grand
Among the nations, as ages shall flow.
And of error he was a dire foe;
Hence for ever his name shall be grand
Among the nations, as ages shall flow.
XIII.
The Apocalypse sang he, and hymns,
And three fifty full psalms, day by day;
He instructed and praised and baptized,
And all time he continued to pray.
And three fifty full psalms, day by day;
He instructed and praised and baptized,
And all time he continued to pray.
