Time & Brevity
Moling Sang This
Translated by Kuno Meyer (1911) · From Selections from Ancient Irish Poetry (1911): Quatrains
Time & Brevity
When I am among my elders
I am proof that sport is forbidden:
When I am among the mad young folk
They think that I am their junior.
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MLA
Anonymous (Old Irish). “Moling Sang This.” Translated by Kuno Meyer. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-irish/45/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Old Irish). “Moling Sang This.” Translated by Kuno Meyer. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-old-irish/45/.
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