There is no language like the Irish for soothing a... -John Millington Synge

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.

John Millington Synge , Poet
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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting....
It is the timber of poetry that wears most surely, and there is no timber that has not strong roots among the clay and worms....
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