They loosed their curse against the king; They cursed him in his flesh and bones; And daily in their mystic ring They turn'd the maledictive stones, Till, where at meat the monarch sate, Amid the revel and the wine, He choked upon the food he ate, At... The story of the Irish before the Conquest - Page 121by lady Mary Catharine Ferguson - 1868 - 313 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1889 - 1060 pages
...Catholic Church used! at the " stations " about a cathedral. He then turns the stones : They loosed their curse against the king, They cursed him in his...their mystic ring They turned the maledictive stones, * If guilty, the enemy will die or go mad. Here again Christianity of no uncertain kind has been ineffectual... | |
| John O'Hart - 1876 - 470 pages
...axe's use, is God alone. " " The Druids hear of this fearful speech, and are horrified : " They loosed their curse against the King, They cursed him in his...their mystic ring They turned the maledictive stones." For the full poem by Dr. Ferguson on " The Burial of King Cormac," see The Story of Ireland (Dublin... | |
| Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - 1876 - 934 pages
...an Irish poem, translated by Dr. Samuel Ferguson, in illustration of this custom — " They hurled their curse against the king ; They cursed him in his flesh and bones ; And even in the mystic ring They turned the maledictive stones." From R. DYMOND, FSA, of Blackslade, Widecombe.... | |
| Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - 1876 - 938 pages
...an Irish poem, translated by Dr. Samuel Ferguson, in illustration of this custom — " They hurled their curse against the king ; They cursed him in his flesh and bones ; And even in the mystic ring They turned tho maledictive stones." From R. DYMOND, FSA, of Blackslade, Widecombe.... | |
| 1877 - 790 pages
...was granted by Charles II. to Thomas Strafford and Thomas Retcliffe. It was a part * " They loosed their curse against the king ; They cursed him in...their mystic ring They turned the maledictive stones." . So sings Samuel Ferguson of the priests of Crom, in his JBurial of King Cornui,-. In a note he speaks... | |
| Margaret Stokes - 1878 - 314 pages
...Christian era is said to have declared the one true God, it is related of the Druids that " They loosed their curse against the king, They cursed him in his...their mystic ring They turned the maledictive stones." b Such stones, Petrie suggests, were also preserved as memorials left by the early missionaries, to... | |
| Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland - 1887 - 824 pages
...story of ante-Christian days, and was recorded in one of our earliest manuscripts : — " They loosed their curse against the king, They cursed him in his flesh and bones ; And ever in the mystic ring They turned the maledictine stones." Now, seeing the antiquity of a practice... | |
| Samuel Ferguson - 1888 - 226 pages
...service dread, They niinister'd on red Moy Slanght — Word of the words King Corniae said. They loosed their curse against the king ; They cursed him in...bones ; And daily in their mystic ring They turned the maludictive stones,20 Till, where at meat the monarch sate, Amid the revel and the wine, He choked... | |
| 1889 - 1016 pages
...Catholic Church used at the " stations " about a cathedral. He then turns the stones : They loosed their curse against the king. They cursed him in his flesh and bone% And daily in their mystic ring They turned the maledictive stones. ! If guilty, the enemy will... | |
| John Healy - 1890 - 668 pages
...painful death was brought about by the magical power of Maelgenn, the chief of the Druids. " They loosed their curse against the king, They cursed him in his flesh and bonea ; And daily in their myatio ring They turned the maledictive stones. " Till where at meat the... | |
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