Mythology & Folklore
Oisin's Vision
Translated by Lady Gregory (1918) · From The Kiltartan Poetry Book (1918)
I saw the household of Finn; it was not the household of a soft race; I had a vision of that man yesterday.
I saw the household of the High King, he with the brown sweet-voiced son; I never saw a better man.
I saw the household of Finn; no one saw it as I saw it; I saw Finn with the sword, Mac an Luin. Och! it was sorrowful to see it.
I cannot tell out every harm that is on my head; free us from our trouble for ever; I have seen the household of Finn.
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MLA
Anonymous (Old Irish). “Oisin's Vision.” Translated by Lady Gregory. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-irish/153/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Old Irish). “Oisin's Vision.” Translated by Lady Gregory. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-irish/153/.
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