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Oisin's Vision

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I saw the household of Finn; it was not the household of a soft race; I had a vision of that man yesterday.     I saw the household of the High King, he with the brown sweet-voiced son; I never saw a better man.     I saw the household of Finn; no one saw it as I saw it; I saw Finn with the sword, Mac an Luin. Och! it was sorrowful to see it.     I cannot tell out every harm that is on my head; free us from our trouble for ever; I have seen the household of Finn.

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"I saw the household of Finn; it was not the household of a soft race; I had a vision of that man yesterday...."

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