Social Commentaries
A Rule of Life
Translated by George Sigerson (1907) · From Bards of the Gael and Gall (1907)
Social Commentaries
I traduce no man, — my honour to none confide;
If I am traduced, I feel no stain abide.
When men sit merry, none merrier is than I,
Who in difPring minds still find some common tie.
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Anonymous (Irish Gaelic, later). “A Rule of Life.” Translated by George Sigerson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-irish-gaelic/115/.
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Anonymous (Irish Gaelic, later). “A Rule of Life.” Translated by George Sigerson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-irish-gaelic/115/.
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