1841-1891

Joseph Mary Plunkett 1887 (Dublin) – 1916 (Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin)



The wind rose, the sea rose
A wave rose on the sea,
It sang the mournful singing
Of a sad centenary;
 
It sang the song of an old man
Whose heart had died of grief,
Whose soul had dried and withered
At the falling of the leaf.
 
It sang the song of a young man
Whose heart had died of pain
When Spring was black and withered
And the winter come again.
 
The wind rose, the sea rose
A wave rose on the sea
Swelled with the mournful singing
Of a sad centenary.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Words 95
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

Joseph Mary Plunkett

Joseph Mary Plunkett (Irish: Seosamh Máire Pluincéid, 21 November 1887 – 4 May 1916) was an Irish nationalist, republican, poet, journalist, revolutionary and a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising. Joseph Mary Plunkett was married to his childhood sweetheart Grace Gifford in 1916, 7 hours before he was killed.  more…

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