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The Enchantment Of Cuchullain - 01
Identifier
013899
Type of Spiritual Experience
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A description of the experience
The Enchantment Of Cuchullain by George William Russell and ‘Aretas’ (James M. Pryse) --November 15, 1895-March 15, 1896
While our vision, backward cast,
Ranged the everliving past,
Through a haze of misty things--
Luminous with quiverings
Musical as starry chimes--
Rose a hero of old times,
In whose breast the magic powers
Slumbering from primeval hours,
Woke at the enchantment wild
Of Aed Abrait's lovely child;
Still for all her Druid learning
With the wild-bird heart, whose yearning
Blinded at his strength and beauty,
Clung to love and laughed at duty.
Warrior chief, and mystic maid,
Through your stumbling footsteps strayed,
This at least in part atones--
Jewels were your stumbling-stones!