VII. · Section 2

VII.

"We thought you would not die--we were sure you would not go, And leave us in our utmost need to Cromwell's cruel blow-- Sheep without a shepherd, when the snow shuts out the sky-- Oh! why did you leave us, Eoghan? Why did you die?

VIII.

"Soft as woman's was your voice, O'Neill! bright was your eye, Oh! why did you leave us, Eoghan? Why did you die? Your troubles are all over, you're at rest with God on high, But we're slaves, and we're orphans, Eoghan!--why didst thou die?"

--------------------------------------------------------------- [77] Commonly called Owen Roe O'Neill. Time, 10th November, 1649. Scene--Ormond's Camp, County Waterford. Speakers--A veteran of Eoghan O'Neill's clan, and one of the horsemen just arrived with an account of his death.

[78] Clough Oughter.

[79] Benburb.

THE PENAL DAYS.

AIR--_The Wheelwright_.