Poems of James Clarence Mangan (Many hitherto uncollected): Centenary edition: Edited, with preface and notes by D. J. O'Donoghue: Introduction by John Mitchel |
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COUNSEL TO THE WORLDLY-WISE.
Go A-Foot and go A-head!
That's the way to prosper;
Whoso must be carriage-led
Suffereth serious loss per
Day in health as well as wealth,
By that laziness with which
Walkers have from birth warred;
And ere long grim Death by stealth
Mounts the tilbury, and the rich
Loller tumbleth earthward!
That's the way to prosper;
Whoso must be carriage-led
Suffereth serious loss per
Day in health as well as wealth,
By that laziness with which
Walkers have from birth warred;
And ere long grim Death by stealth
Mounts the tilbury, and the rich
Loller tumbleth earthward!
Also keep your conscience pure—
Neither lie nor borrow;
He who starves to-day, be sure
Always carves to-morrow.
March in front; don't sulk behind;
Dare to live, though sneering groups
Dub you rara avis—
“Serve your country—love your kind,”
And whene'er your spirit droops,
Think of Thomas Davis!
Neither lie nor borrow;
He who starves to-day, be sure
Always carves to-morrow.
March in front; don't sulk behind;
Dare to live, though sneering groups
Dub you rara avis—
“Serve your country—love your kind,”
And whene'er your spirit droops,
Think of Thomas Davis!
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