A Lay Of Ossian And Patrick, With Other Irish Verses - By Gwynn Stephen - I TELL you an ancicnt story Learnt on an Irish strand, Of lonely Ossian retuning Belated from fvland. To a land grown meek and holy, To a land of mass and bell, Under the hope of heaven, Under the dread of hell It tells how the bard and warrior, Last of a giant race, Wrestled a pear with Patrick, Answering face to face, Mating the praise of meekness With vaunt of the warrior school, And the glory of God the Father With thc glory of Finn Mar Cool......................