"The Scholars of Clonard"
The poem, "The Scholars of Clonard", is attributed to Sedulius:
- Look on the marble columns surpassing the stars,
- which the sand of the saint-bearing land supports here
- happy, famous Ailerán, Vinnau, Fergus,
- shining lights made by gift-carrying God.
- O He sent a great present of Scotia ,
- rich relics which Pictonia wishes to be its own,
- whence comes Titan and where night established the stars
- and where midday is hot with blazing hours
- .
(The Celtic Latin Tradition of Biblical Style, p. 129, edited and translated by David Howlett, Dublin, 1995)
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