Social Commentaries
Axioms
Translated by George Sigerson (1907) · From Bards of the Gael and Gall (1907)
Social Commentaries
No Lazy Wealth can think with Hunger's mind,
Yet Lazy always leaves a lack behind:
No love of woman woos decrepit Age,
And Death waits not for Beauty's equipage.
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Anonymous (Irish Gaelic, later). “Axioms.” Translated by George Sigerson. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-irish-gaelic/129/.
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Anonymous (Irish Gaelic, later). “Axioms.” Translated by George Sigerson. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-irish-gaelic/129/.
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