At the appointed time with adamantine,
sanguinary face, Eochaid tried to fight.
But with callous anger Etain turned toward Midir
And as swans they flew into the light.

On Solstice day we pause to see,
Lit bright by intrepid Sun,
The bellwether of all we be:
A young maiden’s life cast and undone.

Sanguinary (adjective)

1. Relating to blood.

2. Blood-red.

3. Involving bloodshed.

4. Bloodthirsty.

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Adamantine (adjective)

Utterly unyielding or firm in attitude or opinion.

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Callous (adjective) 

1 a : being hardened and thickened b : having calluses

2 a : feeling no emotion b : feeling or showing no sympathy for others : hard-hearted

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All the great jewels and magic was paltry
Compared to what Eochaid lost that day.
Etain indited her love in a kiss to Midir,
Eochaid’s pluvious mood begged month’s stay.

Paltry (adjective)

Contemptibly small in amount.

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Pluvious (adjective)

of or relating to rain; rainy

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Indite (verb)

1 : make up, compose

2 : to give literary or formal expression to

3 : to put down in writing

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Under Midir’s tutelage, statuesque face
Kept blank, the human’s confidence grew.
So when one more game was proposed,
Eochaid was stiction-less, his wife as ante due.

Tutelage (noun)

1 a : instruction especially of an individual b : a guiding influence

2 : the state of being under a guardian or tutor

3 a : an act or process of serving as guardian or protector : guardianship b : hegemony over a foreign territory: trusteeship

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Statuesque (adjective)

Suggestive of a statue, as in proportion, grace, or dignity.

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Stiction (Noun)

The static friction that needs to be overcome to enable relative motion of stationary objects in contact

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Fragile human ego, apropos
of a bellicose thymos, won
Game after game, gaining
Riches undeserved, favors done.

Bellicose (adjective)

Inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious.

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Thymos (noun)

That area of the soul where feelings of pride, shame etc., are located

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Apropos (preposition)

With regard or reference to something

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Midir was analogous to Eochaid
Only in desire for Etain’s heart.
They sat together to play chess
Frore god vs histrionic upstart.

Analogous (adjective)

Similar or alike in such a way as to permit the drawing of an analogy.

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Frore (adjective) 

Frozen; frosty

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Histrionic (adjective)

1 : deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical

2 : of or relating to actors, acting, or the theater

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Midir basked in the fruition of his work,
Propassion stirred in Etain’s heart again,
But at Etain’s demand, Midir return to aphelion
her mortal husband must first abstain.

On Solstice day we pause to see,
Lit bright by intrepid Sun,
The bellwether of all we be:
A young maiden’s life cast and undone.

Fruition (noun)

The completion of a task, the achievement of a goal as the result of significant and persistent effort.

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Propassion (noun)

A feeling antecedent to passion; an inchoate passion; the first stir of passion.

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Aphelion (noun)

The point in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, etc., where it is farthest from the sun.

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Midir spoke of memories they shared,
Emulating human perishing wit and kind regard
Until through pure desperation he put
Himself all-out and she found a memory shard.

Emulate (verb)

1 to strive to equal or excel, imitate; especially : to imitate by means of hardware or software that permits programs written for one computer to be run on another computer,

2 : to equal or approach equality with

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Perishing (adjective)

1 Used for emphasis or to express annoyance.

2 Extremely cold.

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All-out (adjective)

Using all available resources.

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Midir appeared to Etain as a savant
Begged her to return, threated to reave her away
Spoke of music, beauty and wonder.
Etain soundly didn’t respond with yay or nay.

Savant (noun)

A person of learning; wise or scholarly.

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Reave

(Verb without object) Carry out raids in order to plunder. 

(Verb with object) Rob (a person or place) of something by force.  Steal (something).

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Sound (adjective )

1 free from injury or disease,  free from flaw, defect, or decay,

2  solid, firm, stable; also : secure, reliable,

3 : free from error, fallacy, or misapprehension,

4 thorough, deep and undisturbed, hard, severe,

5 showing good judgment or sense

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Ailill refulgent love dimmed,
It’s Immensity abruptly fled,
So that Etain knew it’s progeny
Must be evidence of a godhead.

Refulgent (adjective)

Shining , brilliant , or radiant

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Progeny (noun plural)

1. Something that originates or results from something else; outcome; issue.

2. A result of creative effort; a product.

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Immensity (noun)

Unusual largeness in size or extent or number.

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Midir, his heart still longed for Etain,
His uncouth Fuanmach set aside again.
He imitated despondent, stentorian Ailill
And went to Etain with cold distain.

Couth

adjective: Cultured; refined; sophisticated.

noun: Refinement; sophistication.

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Despondent (adjective)

Feeling or showing profound hopelessness, dejection, discouragement, or gloom.

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Stentorian (adjective)

Extremely loud

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