The Anathemata
Mabinog’s Liturgy (continued)
They’re the freshest
ever you saw.
And old Nestor
fetch him
bad blind old man
he’ll like not know
another spring.
. . . then let’s prop his lids
p’r’aps he’ll see a bit:
he lives to collate phenomena.
David Jones notes
additional notes
Nestor was reputedly the oldest and wisest of the Greek sages of Homeric times. (If he did indeed do all that is recounted of him, he must have been well over 100 when he died.) His knowledge and wisdom was always listened to and respected , though Homer does engage in a bit of banter at his expense, as does Shakespeare in Troilus and Cressida.
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Let’s ask Nestor: he should know.