My Treasure

Riches I heed not, 
nor man’s empty praise,
Thou mine Inheritance, 
now and always:
Thou and Thou only, 
first in my heart,
High King of heaven, 
my Treasure Thou art. 


(author unknown, 8th Century; translated from ancient Irish to English by Mary E. Byrne, in “Eriú,” Journal of the School of Irish Learning, 1905; photo by timcgundert via pixabay.com)

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