
busy about his studies;
the sweetest lot in Ireland
as all of you know well
No king or prince to rule him
nor lord however mighty;
no rent to the chapter house
no drudging, no dawn-rising
Dawn-rising or shepherding
never required of him;
no need to take his turn
as watchman in the night
He spends a while at chess
and a while with the pleasant harp;
and a further while wooing
and winning lovely women
His horse-team hale and hearty
at the first coming of Spring;
the harrow for his team
is a fistful of pens.
Seán Ó Tuama and Thomas Kinsella, eds. Duanaire, 1600-1900: Poems of the Dispossessed (Dublin: Foras na Gaelige, 1981), 16-17.
I think you may have a moral obligation to share more of your thoughts in writing.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I used one of your earlier posts at my blog in a recent post:
http://www.thetextofthegospels.com/2016/08/cyprian-and-comma-johanneum.html
Hi James, thanks for the encouragement! :-) I read your blogpost. Very good.
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