<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=580954" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Turlough Carolan</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">He was blind and illiterate that much of him we know<br>And still his music is with us from centuries ago<br>He had creative genius and his genius still shine through<br>A rare gem Turlough Carolan one of the chosen few.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The harper of the county Meath in music live today<br>His music known around the World in Countries far away<br>And Carolan's concerto still very much alive<br>The only test of genius is when their work survive.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The only test of genius is when their work live on<br>For centuries and centuries when they are dead and gone<br>And Carolan has passed that test a name to celebrate<br>His music live three hundred years the genius of the great.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A son of peasant parents and destined to be poor<br>And though addicted to alcohol his genius remained pure<br>I like that saying it says it all 'can't keep a good man down'<br>And the name of Turlough Carolan was destined for renown.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I just switched on the radio to hear the D.J. say<br>This is a tune from Ireland from Ireland far away<br>Carolan's farewell to music, oh let the music play<br>The music of the harper the harper lives today.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Francis+Duggan">Francis Duggan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=580954" data-title="Turlough Carolan de Francis Duggan" data-description="He was blind and illiterate that much of him we know And still his music is with us from centuries ago He had creative genius and his genius still shine through A rare gem Turlough Carolan one of the chosen few. The harper of the county Meath in ..."></div> </div> </div>

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