Ill fares the Land

Read a book called 'Ill fares the land' by Tony Judt. He refers to the poem written in 18th century about the deterioration of society and polity in 18th century Ireland. I can relate to a  few lines from that poem when I think about what is happening in Maharashtra today.

Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,

Where wealth accumulates, and men decay:

Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade;

A breath can make them, as a breath has made;

But a bold peasantry, their country's pride,

When once destroyed can never be supplied.