Religion
Quatrains: Moling Sang This
Translated by Alfred Perceval Graves (1917) · From A Celtic Psaltery (1917)
Religion
With the old when I consort
Jest and sport they straight lay by;
When with frolic youth I am flung,
Maddest of the young am I.
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Codex Note
Early Irish quatrain.
Cite this poem
MLA
Anonymous (Old Irish). “Quatrains: Moling Sang This.” Translated by Alfred Perceval Graves. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-irish/125/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Old Irish). “Quatrains: Moling Sang This.” Translated by Alfred Perceval Graves. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-irish/125/.
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