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The Life of St Féchín of Fore (Author: [unknown])

section 31

It is he, Féchín, that never obtained fellowship or help of king or lord for fear of worldly arrogance. As saith (the poet) in the stave:

1. I ask not
   Of kings the choice of a portion.
   Woe to him who sets his heart
   On converse and on ale-liquor³⁷!
   That is the slippery satisfaction
   Out of which the Devil gets a dark profit.