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   XI
   Just then ran past a wounded hare,
   And the hounds rushed madly by,
   OKeeffe could not rein his steed so fair,
   Though his utmost he did try.
   XII
   And when they had ridden a little space,
   The field was left behind,
   None, save the two could live the pace,
   Far swifter than the wind.
   XIII
   Nine times the hare did screaming run,
   Around the fatal tree,
   As mother who bewailed her son,
   In hopeless miserie.
   XIV
   And the peasant saw the wicked pair,
   Borne on their fiery steeds,
   Gallop through fens like fiends of air,
   Nor hake the slender reeds.
   XV
   The hounds all day as swift as light,
   That hare did still pursue,
   That huntsman base and cruel knight,
   That chase did sorely rue,
   XVI
   At eve they saw a cottage door,

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Brighid Ní Caoimh

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carrigaline, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mrs Bridget O' Keeffe

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   72

   Address

   Lyredaowen, Co. Cork