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ethics

from Finis Exoptatus - by Adam Lindsay Gordon

{ Poem }

Life is mostly froth and bubble,
/ Two things stand like stone,
/ Kindness in another’s trouble,
/ Courage in your own.
/ …

Mise agus Pangur Bàn - by Meg Bateman

{ Poem }

Tha dàn Èireannach às an 9mh linn a’ toirt dealbh dhuinn air cat, Pangur Bàn,
/ agus a mhaighstir, is gach fear…

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