The scholars cast the four wild winds
\nOnly Death the last thing sure
\nAnd now the Knowledge dwells within
\nAnd at the hearth sides of the poor
\nAnd so it came to dawn the day
\nThat a visitor passing by
\nIn Gaelic tongue both pure and sure
\nGot the Iliad in reply
\nTo tales of old the man had known
\nIf to recount he could any
\nAnd that was just the start of same
\nFor tales of old the man had many.
\nAlas today, in the modern age
\nOf computers, books and internet
\nWe know so much of what is new
\nAnd what is old we do forget
\nThe knowledge once more is in the schools
\nNot at the hearth sides of the poor
\nAnd now more than ever
\nIts death is even more sure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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