Oisin's Mother

Evening was drawing nigh, and the Fianna-Finn had decided to hunt no more that day.

The hounds were whistled to heel, and a sober, homeward march began.

For men will walk soberly in the evening, however they go in the day, and dogs will take the mood from their masters.

They were pacing so, through the golden-shafted, tender-coloured eve, when a fawn leaped suddenly from covert, and, with that leap, all quietness vanished: the men shouted, the dogs gave tongue, and a furious chase commenced.