School: Dún Drongáin (B.) (roll number 7231)
- Location:
- Drangan, Co. Tipperary
- Teachers: Diarmuid Ó Gormáin Labhrás Ó Gormáín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0557, Page 196
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- (continued from previous page)Rich palaces - mansions rise
So dazzling to the eye;
They almost hide the poverty
Which lurches closely by.
Invention on invention springs
From Genius and from Art
To satiate the cravings of
The pleasure-seeker's heart.
For pleasure holds the heart of man
Where Mammon rules at God _
The sacred words which urge restraint
All underfoot are trod.
Religious cant is just something
For silly fools or slaves.
Who talk of God, are glibly dubbedSky-pilots, fools or knaves.
I see them flit around the globe
In butterfly attire;
This world is not big enough
To satisfy desire.
They masquerade in sacred garb
And walk the street in shrouds,
They honeymoon in submarines
And wed among the clouds,
To create a strange sensation_
Some folly new to dare,(continues on next page)
