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      Nor could any cold e'er prevent

       That he stayed in the water o'er nights;

       And to gain the grand kingdom of heaven,

       Through the day he used preach on the heights.

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      By the far-famous fount of the North,

       Benibarka! thy waters sha'n't cease;

       For a hundred full psalms he used sing

       Each night the Lord's praise to increase.

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      Then he slept on a cold bed of stone,

       And with a wet cover was dressed;

       A stone was his pillow each night--

       Such, such was the saint's nightly rest.

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      To the people the Gospel was preached,

       With power and with miracles signed;

       The blind and the lepers were cured,

       And Death his dead subjects resigned.

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      Saint Patrick did preach to the Scots,

       And in Letavia much he endured,

       That whom he had won to the Lord

       In Judgment's dread day be secured.

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      Emir's and proud Erimon's sons

       A demon contrived to ensnare;

       And them did dread Satan engulf

       In the dark, fearful depths of his lair,

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      Until our apostle arrived,

       Who rescued and set them all free,

       Through sixty long years of his life

       To Christ's cross the brave Fenians flee.

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      Great darkness o'er Eire was spread,

       And its people their idols adored,

       Nor in the true Godhead believed,

       Nor the Trinity, too, of the Lord.

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      At Armagh the realm's throne has been placed,

       To Emania a glory to be;

       And far-famed is Dundalethglas church,

       Nor let fame from Temoria flee.

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      To Armagh, in his infirm old age,

       Saint Patrick desired much to go;

       But God's angel at noon met the saint,

       And induced him his wish to forego.

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      Southward to the angel he came

       (For Victor had been his good guide),

       And the bush in which Victor appeared

       Burned bright, and a voice from it cried:

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      "At Armagh let the government be,

       And to Christ let all glory be brought;

       Indeed, thou shalt come unto heaven;

       Thou obtainedst, because thou hadst sought.

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      "A hymn which you sing while alive

       Shall to Celts a proud armament be;

       And at judgment the Irish surround

       Their father, their patron, in thee."

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      After Patrick, good Tassach remained;

       When Patrick to Tassach Christ gave,

       Tassach said: "He from me shall receive";

       And the prediction of Tassach was grave.

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      For the night was installed a bright day,

       And that day for one year did remain;

       So that over all Eire the fair

       Light's brilliance and brightness did reign.

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      Bethoron a battle beheld

       Of great Nun against Chanaan's sons,

       In which Gabaon saw the sun stand,

       As the Scriptural narrative runs.

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