| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| The Irish Wolf-Hound |
| | | Denis Florence MacCarthy (1817–82) |
| | | | | From “The Foray of Con O’Donnell” |
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| AS fly the shadows o’er the grass, | |
| He flies with step as light and sure, | |
| He hunts the wolf through Tostan pass, | |
| And starts the deer by Lisanoure. | |
| The music of the Sabbath bells, | 5 |
| O Con! has not a sweeter sound | |
| Than when along the valley swells | |
| The cry of John Mac Donnell’s hound. | |
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| His stature tall, his body long, | |
| His back like night, his breast like snow, | 10 |
| His fore-leg pillar-like and strong, | |
| His hind-leg like a bended bow; | |
| Rough curling hair, head long and thin, | |
| His ear a leaf so small and round; | |
| Not Bran, the favorite dog of Fin, | 15 |
| Could rival John Mac Donnell’s hound. | |
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