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)