"Nearer and nearer the music came, then ceased; but Fionn, gazing steadily before him, became aware of a gigantic figure standing some distance away, like a darker blot on the starlit darkness of the night ... Then through the darkness came a shaft of flame, blown from the enchanter's mouth, and Fionn raised his shield to catch it."

Excerpt from "Heroes of the Dawn" (Russell 1914) https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Heroes_of_the_dawn/The_Enchantment_of_Tara

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