In tan conhualai Patraic, Ad ella in Patraic naile, Is malle connucc aibhset Do chum hisu mac Maire. XXXIV. Patraic cen airae nuabhair Bo mör do maith ro meanuir, Bith ingellsine meic Maire, Bha sengaire in genuir. genuir. HYMN ON ST. PATRICK. I. Patrick was born at heavenly Tours, As it is ascertained in stories; A youth of sixteen years At the time he was brought under bondage. II. Succat his name at the beginning; Who his father _was_, be it known Son of Calphurn, son of Otidé, _Descended_ from the Deacon Odissé. III. He was six years in servitude, The food of the people he eat not, They were all by him supported, Four tribes to whom he was enslaved. IV. Victor (the angel) said to the servant Of Milcho: depart over the waves, He (Victor) placed his foot upon a stone His marks after him remained. V. He departed over all the mountains, O'er sea, prosperous was his flight. He dwelled along with German, Southward of the southermost _part_ of Letavia. VI. In the islands of the Touronian sea He resided, as related; He read his Canons with German, As is certified to us. VII. Towards Ireland he proceeds, Warned by God's angels in apparitions, Often saw he in his sleep That he ought to return. VIII. Great the assistance to Eire, The coming of Patrick to Oclat: He heard the long sound of entreaties Of children from the wood of Foclat. IX. They implored the saint may come Upon forsaking Letavia, For drawing from error's propensity The people of Eire to life. X. The people of Eire prophesy That _there_ will come new days of peace, Existing till the end of time; Desert will be in the country of Tara. XI. O Druid! upon Laoree, _The_ coming of Patrick you hid not; Too true the prophecies Respecting the sovereign you predicted. XII. Prudent was Patrick during life; Pleasing was in banishing evil propensities; This is what extended his fame Up to each tribe of people. XIII. _He_ hymns, and revelations, _And_ the three fifties daily sung: _He_ preached, baptized, and prayed, From praising God he never ceased. XIV. He felt not the cold of the season; He stayed the night in the waters, With heaven to be blessed as his kingdom, He preached through the day on the hills. XV. In saving the people of Benibarka He experienced neither drought nor hunger; He sang an hundred psalms each night, The King of angels to serve. XVI. He then rested on a bare stone, And a wet coverlid over him, A rock was his pillow, He left not his body in indolence. XVII. He preached the Gospel to all; He worked great miracles at Letavia He healed the blind with fasting, The dead he awoke to life. XVIII. Patrick preached to the Scotians _After_ he underwent great labours in Letavia, That they may come to judgment, Each whom he guided to life. XIX.