Patrick Pearse
Patrick Pearse
3,164 words
Reprinted in honor of the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising.
‘But where can we draw water,’
Said Pearse to Connolly,
‘When all the wells are parched away?
O plain as plain can be
There’s nothing but our own red blood
Can make a right Rose Tree.’
—W. B. Yeats
1,534 words
Translated by Michael O’Meara
Translations: Czech, Portuguese
The noted French nationalist and historian speaks to the personal imperatives of white liberation. (more…)
Patrick Pearse
Patrick Pearse
3,173 words
‘But where can we draw water,’
Said Pearse to Connolly,
‘When all the wells are parched away?
O plain as plain can be
There’s nothing but our own red blood
Can make a right Rose Tree.’
—W. B. Yeats