It is a week from yesterday I last saw Finn; I never saw a braver man.
A king of heavy blows; my law, my adviser, my sense and my wisdom,
prince and poet, braver than kings, King of the Fenians, brave in all
countries; golden salmon of the sea, clean hawk of the air, rightly
taught, avoiding lies; strong in his doings, a right judge, ready in
courage, a high messenger in bravery and in music.
His skin lime-white, his hair golden; ready to work, gentle to women;
his great green vessels full of rough sharp wine. It is rich the king
was, the head of his people.
Seven sides Finn’s house had, and seven score shields on every side.
Fifty fighting men he had about him having woollen cloaks; ten bright
drinking-cups in his hall, ten blue vessels, ten golden horns.
It is a good household Finn had, without grudging, without lust,
without vain boasting, without chattering, without any slur on any
one of the Fenians. Finn never refused any man: he never put away any
one that came to his house. If the brown leaves falling in the woods
were gold, if the white waves were silver, Finn would have given away
the whole of it.
(Lady Augusta Gregory)
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