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" to the other, the issue of the combat proved fatal to 

 " Sohraub; who did not, however, expire, until it Avas 

 " discovered that he fell by a parent's hand. The circum- 

 " stances attending this discovery, the dying words, and 

 " filial affection, of the ill-fated youth, and the father's 

 " vehement affliction and distress, afford the poet, Ferdusi, 

 " a fine subject, for many interesting and beautiful pas- 

 " sages."* 



Of the Irish tale, I shall now give the outlines, illus- 

 trated with extracts, from the very elegant and spirited 

 version of Miss Brooke.-f Conloch, " haughty, bold, and 

 " brave," 



Came to visit Erin's coast; 

 Came to prove her mighty host! 



Finding the Finian chiefs assembled, on some particular 

 occasion, he hurls defiance at them, and 



While he spoke, collecting all his might. 

 Fierce he addrest his conquering arras to fight j 

 No stop, no stay, his furious faulchion found. 

 Till his dire hand an hundred warriors bound: 

 Vanquish'd, they sunk beneath his dreadful sway, 

 And low on earth their bleeding glories lay. 



A messenger 



* Persian Miscellanies, p. 95, 97, 115. 



t Reliques of Irish Poetry, p. 9—31 ; a work, of which Ireland has reason 

 t« be proud. 



