--- title: I See His Blood Upon The Rose subtitle: > The following poem was written by Patrick Pearse in May 1916 as he awaited execution in Kilmainham Gaol.
"We have declared for an Irish Republic.
We will live by no other law."
General Liam Lynch,
Irish Republican Army.
--- title: I See His Blood Upon The Rose subtitle: > The following poem was written by Patrick Pearse in May 1916 as he awaited execution in Kilmainham Gaol.