MYTHICAL IRELAND

So let it go, that mythic Ireland!
Treasure the past, but let it, let it go!
Perhaps it was at one time wholly our land --
All of it -- but that was long ago.
The time when states were nations is now ending.
Races know no borders; people move
In search of life, their clothes and colors rending
Cultures that must now their presence prove.
Know, then, that not politics, but art,
'Mid neighbors various in faith and race,
Sustains a people's history and heart,
Dependent more on ritual than place.
As on St. Patrick's Day we march in green,
Yet we must let go the blood-drenched dream.

thought provoking !!!
thanks for sharing

thnx 4 sharing bro.....

Nice.. Very nice my friend..

Recently i was reading few books about Ireland.. One of them was an autobiographical novel that comprised of the author's childhood memoirs..

What struck me was the identical experiences of the author's childhood.. Everythin seemed quite like pakistan.. Lol
One fact really made me laugh..
That author wrote that his primary teacher used to memorize moral lessons to them in this way..
Teacher: dear children, are liars bad ppl?
Children (shout together) no dear teacher (nahi ustad ji)..
Teacher : where liars would go?
Children: to hell, dear teacher..
Teacher: and there they would... ?
Children : burn dear teacher.
Teacher: by...?
Children: wrath of God, dear teacher..

I went to govt run school for few months and that exactly how i was taught.. I can still remember the whole sentences.. Lol

agagagagag thats funny waterloo. now a days govt school's are going well and most of them has left the old typical teaching systems.