PEOPLE WILL YET WALK ABOVE OUR HEADS; IT COULD EVEN HAPPEN THAT THEY’D WALK INTO THE GRAVEYARD WHERE I’LL BE LYING BUT PEOPLE LIKE US WILL NEVER AGAIN BE THERE. WE’LL BE STRETCHED OUT QUIETLY AND THE OLD WORD WILL HAVE VANISHED. | Beidh daoine ag gluaisenacht os ar gcionn; b’fhéidir go ráineodh go mbuailfidís isteach chan na cille mar a mbeadsa I mo luí. Ach ní bheidh ár samhailne acu le fail. Beimid sínte go ciúin agus tá an seansaol imithe. |
It must be a reflection of age that reminiscences become more frequent.
The internet does not reveal the author of this. It is over ten days since I came across this on the Slea Head drive but it has rambled around my brain since.
I remember reading Brave New World shortly after leaving school. It did make this reader concerned and angry for the future. It definitely was a mood downer. I spotted it again in An Scéal Eile this weekend and had to purchase. The outlook will have to improve before I will dare to commence reading again.
The Old World may be vanishing and the New World may not be an improvement but it is the one in which we must live so better get on with it……