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Updated: May 6, 2025
He shines then upon the bird-flocks singing their many tunes in the flower-valleys; upon the shining plains with the wine-flowers that lighten the valley; he shines at the last against Adam's Paradise till he rises up in the morning from the east. There would be many stories now for the sun to tell upon his journey, if he had but a tongue to give them out. III. The Nature of the Stars
When would the chime of the Christ-bell peal over land and sea? One rosy dawn the swans awoke among the rushes of the Lake of the Bird-flocks, and strange and faint was the sound that floated to them from afar. Trembling, they nestled close the one to the other, until the brothers stretched their wings and fluttered hither and thither in great fear.
In a long row lay small boats filled with hunters, who fired shot upon shot. The nearest bird-flocks hadn't noticed them in time. They had flown too low. Several dark bodies sank down toward the sea; and for every one that fell, there arose cries of anguish from the living. It was strange for one who had but lately believed himself in heaven, to wake up suddenly to such fear and lamentation.
If I could only get the feathers to stay on my wings I'd pay Laheen a visit some day. How are Laheen and her bird-flocks?" "O Crow of Achill," said the King of Ireland's Son, "I was sent to ask if you had knowledge of the Unique Tale." "The Unique Tale! No, I never heard of it," said the Crow. She gathered her wings up to her neck again and bent her gray head.
On a small lake in the heart of the island they made their home, and, by their enchanting music, they drew to its shores all the birds of the west, until the lake came to be called 'The Lake of the Bird-flocks. Slowly passed the years, but a great longing filled the hearts of the children of Lir. When would the good Saint come to Erin?
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