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The Scribe in the Woods -- 9th century Irish monastic (reddthat.com)

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The Scribe in the Woods

A HEDGE of trees overlooks me;
a blackbird’s lay sings to me
(an announcement which I shall not conceal);
above my lined book the birds’
chanting sings to me.

A clear-voiced cuckoo sings to me
(goodly utterance)
in a grey cloak from bush fortresses.
The Lord is indeed good to me:
well do I write beneath a forest of the woodland.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

from Gerard Murphy's Early Irish Lyrics, Eighth to Twelfth Century.