Religion
The Incense
Translated by Alexander Carmichael (1900) · From Carmina Gadelica, vol. II (1900): Miscellaneous
In the day of thy health
Thou wilt not give devotion,
Thou wilt not give kine,
Nor wilt thou offer incense ;
Head of haughtiness,
Heart of greediness,
Mouth unhemmed,
Nor ashamed art thou.
But thy winter will come,
And the hardness of thy distress.
And thy head shall be as
The clod in the earth ;
Thy strength having failed.
Thine aspect having gone.
And thou a thrall.
On thy two knees.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “The Incense.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/216/.
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Anonymous (Scottish Gaelic). “The Incense.” Translated by Alexander Carmichael. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-scottish-gaelic/216/.
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