THE CLAN MACTHOMAS LIBRARY

by Rod Mooney

A book is a treasure to have and to hold;

A furnace of knowledge that never grows cold.

A book holds the knowledge of ages long past,

And makes it secure as the years hurry past.

A book can preserve all the facts that we hold,

And pass to the young what we learn from the old.

As each generation prepares to depart,

A book gives the next one a firm place to start.

And so with our clan, on each library shelf,

We leave to our youngsters a part of ourself.

MacThomases come and MacThomases go.

Yet our future survives, with these books in a row.

The next generation of clansmen now must

Pass on to their young this inherited trust.

Then down through the ages, we’ll all be assured

Our clan will survive through the book’s printed word.