Post by royal4gal on Aug 24, 2006 14:38:43 GMT 10
Monuments of survival
Not of man, but of his doing,
Distant white but nearer grey.
Accumulations of inconvenience then,
Symbolic now of long spent pyres.
A residual epitaph to mining’s fortunes
Fortunes for a few, the misfortune of many.
The ancient lead mines of Glendalough
Set in the difficult distance then, as now
Sees today a pleasure seeking visitor
Who in hard earned unknowing ramble,
Pass the ghosts of harder worn men
Who in similar toil climbed the same paths
To start their day of earning.
Not of man, but of his doing,
Distant white but nearer grey.
Accumulations of inconvenience then,
Symbolic now of long spent pyres.
A residual epitaph to mining’s fortunes
Fortunes for a few, the misfortune of many.
The ancient lead mines of Glendalough
Set in the difficult distance then, as now
Sees today a pleasure seeking visitor
Who in hard earned unknowing ramble,
Pass the ghosts of harder worn men
Who in similar toil climbed the same paths
To start their day of earning.
SupremeSohni
Chand meri zameen phool mera watan
