Eureka Reporter | 1905-04-28 | Page 7 | Beauty of Irish Proverbs

BEAUTY OF IRISH PROVERBS some sayings which prove the true wit of the race the proverbs of a nation are the distilled wit of generations of its people and the true wit of the race Is oftentimes in proportion to the truth and beauty of its proverbs few na alons and few languages possess more beautiful sayings than the irish the silent mouth Is melodious Is an irish aphorism pregnant with beauty and poetry and another saying insulat ing a charty which is spiritually need ed in this modern world of ours Is that which tells us our eyes should b blind in the abode of another the beautiful faith and magnificent op of the irish race are well pic aured in their proverb god never shuts one door but he opens two autumn days come softly quickly like the running of a hound upon a moor Is poetic vivid truth and here Is a sharp one that cuts several ways at the same time A poem ought to be well made at first for there la many a one to spoil it afterward lesliea monthly maga zine