Patrick Henry Pearse [Pádraig Pearse] (10 November 1879 – 3 May 1916 / Great Brunswick / Ireland)

I do not grudge them: Lord, I do not grudge
My two strong sons that I have seen go out
To break their strength and die, they and a few,
In bloody protest for a glorious thing,
They shall be spoken of among their people,
The generations shall remember them,
And call them blessed;
But I will speak their names to my own heart
In the long nights;