The Heavenly
Banquet
I
would like to have the men of Heaven
In
my own house
With
vats of good cheer
Laid
out before them.
I
would like to have the three Marys
Their
fame so great.
I
would like to have people
From
every corner of heaven.
I
would like them to be cheerful
In
their drinking.
I
would like to have Jesus, too,
Here
amongst them.
I
would like to have a great lake of beer
For
the King of Kings.
I'd
love to be watching the family of heaven
Drinking
it through all eternity.
Poem: Ascribed to Saint Brigit, but written much later than her life.
From Brussels
Bibliothèque Royale 5100(book written by Siodrach Ua Mael Conaire in
1533).
This version
from Seán Ó Faoláin The Irish : A Character Study (1947).
See http://maryjones.us/ctexts/brigitbanquet.html for
the original.
Image: From The Dinner Party, by Judy Chicago (1979).