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aċt adjective adverbs agus aspirated b-fuil bejt broad vowel buailte bualad caol Castlebar Celtic Christus compound concord consonants dative déag declension diphthongs direaċ Dublin duine dún eclipsed English expressed fear fearr final vowel French future gaċ gender genitive govern Greek Hence IMPERATIVE IMPERATIVE MOOD IMPERFECT INDICATIVE MOOD INFINITIVE MOOD initial Ireland Irish Grammar Irish language Irish poetry Irish verbs irregular verbs Latin letter mór naċ njos nominative plural nouns O'Donovan OPTATIVE MOOD PASSIVE VOICE Patrick perfect tense person plural person singular Plur poetry possessive pronouns preceding prefixed preposition PRESENT TENSE proverb root rule Sechnall Section shut siñ Sing sjad slender vowel sound spelling stanza strike subjunctive mood syllable termination thou vowel word written
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Page 194 - Christ as a light Illumine and guide me! Christ as a shield o'ershadow and cover me! Christ be under me! — Christ be over me! Christ be beside me, On left hand and right! Christ be before me, behind me, about me; Christ this day be within and without me! Christ, the lowly and meek. Christ the All-Powerful be In the heart of each to whom I speak, In the mouth of each who speaks to me! In all who draw near me, Or see me or hear me!
Page 193 - And ward me, And guard me, Against the wiles of demons and devils, Against the temptations of vices and evils, Against the bad passions and wrathful will Of the reckless mind and the wicked heart, Against every man who designs me ill, Whether leagued with others or plotting apart ! IN THIS HOUR OF HOURS, I place all those powers Between myself and every foe, Who threatens my body and soul With danger or dole, To protect me against the evils that flow From lying soothsayers' incantations, From the...
Page 149 - Nil canitur suavius, Nil auditur jucundius, Nil cogitatur dulcius Quam Jesus Dei Filius.
Page 192 - Virgin's* breast ; And in the actions, bright and excelling, Of all good men, the just and the best. Iv. At Tara to-day, in this fateful hour, I place all heaven with its power, And the sun with its brightness, And the snow with its whiteness. And...
Page 194 - Tarah to-day, in this awful hour, I call on the Holy Trinity ! Glory to Him who reigneth in power, The God of the elements — Father, and Son, And Paraclete Spirit — which Three are the ONE, The ever-existing Divinity. SALVATION DWELLS WITH THE LORD, WITH CHRIST THE OMNIPOTENT WORD, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION — GRANT us, O LORD, THY GRACE AND SALVATION.
Page 192 - Tarah to-day I call on the Lord, On Christ, the omnipotent Word, Who came to redeem from death and sin Our fallen race; And I put and I place The virtue that lieth and liveth in His incarnation lowly, His baptism pure and holy, His life of toil and tears and affliction, His dolorous death — his crucifixion, His burial, sacred and sad and lone, His resurrection to life again, His glorious ascension to Heaven's high throne.
Page 193 - ... me eloquent speech! May the arm of God protect me! May the wisdom of God direct me! May God give me power to teach and to preach! May the shield of God defend me! May the host of God attend me, And ward me. And guard me Against the wiles of demons and devils, Against the temptations of vices and evils, Against the bad passions and wrathful will Of the reckless mind and the wicked heart, — Against every man who designs me ill.
Page 124 - Till safe at distance, to his god he prays, The god who darts around the world his rays.
Page 193 - With danger or dole, To protect me against the evils that flow From lying soothsayers' incantations, From the gloomy laws of the Gentile nations, From heresy's hateful innovations. From idolatry's rites and invocations. Be...
Page 200 - Time to reject vices, and to renounce the Demon : Time to reproach the body, for of its crime it is putrid : Time to rest after we have reached the place wherein we may shed our tears : Time to talk of the last day, to separate from familiar faces : Time to dread the terrors of the tumults of the day of judgment : Time to defy the clayey body, to reduce it to religious rule : Time to barter the transitory things for the country of the King of Heaven : Time to defy the ease of the little earthly world...