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Connan was the image of Conar's soul. Caul was renewed in Ronnan his son. Rivine the daughter of Conar was the love of Ronnan; her brother Connan was his friend. She was fair as the harvest-moon setting in the seas of Molochasquir. Her soul was settled on Ronnan; the youth was the dream of her nights.
Rivine, my love! says Ronnan, I go to my king in Norway[1]. A year and a day shall bring me back. Wilt thou be true to Ronnan?
Ronnan! a year and a day I will spend in sorrow. Ronnan, behave like a man, and my soul shall exult in thy valour. Connan my friend, says Ronnan, wilt thou preserve Rivine thy sister? Durstan is in love with the maid;
- ↑ Supposed to be Fergus II. This fragment is reckoned not altogether so ancient as most of the rest.
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