And there he received them, saying in a loud voice that all the folk could hear, "Welcome, Oisin, son of Finn.

Thou art come to the Land of Youth, where sorrow and weariness and death shall never touch thee.

This thou hast won by thy faithfulness and valour and by the songs that thou hast made for the men of Erinn, whereof the fame is come to us, for we have here indeed all things that are delightful and joyous, but poesy alone we had not.

But now we have the chief poet of the race of men to live with us, immortal among immortals, and the fair and cloudless life that we lead here shall be praised in verses as fair; even as thou, Oisin, did'st praise and adorn the short and toilsome and chequered life that men live in the world thou hast left forever.

And Niam my daughter shall be thy bride, and thou shalt be in all things even as myself in the Land of Youth." Then the heart of Oisin was filled with glory and joy, and he turned to Niam and saw her eyes burn with love as she gazed upon him.