The freeing of Ireland to us is their trust,
And we can if we will it, we can if we must!
VIII
In Dublin's fair city there's sorrow to-day,
For the flower of her manhood who fell in the fray;
But in hearts that are true there is nothing of gloom,
And Erin regenerate shall rise from the tomb!
The rising inspired not only verse, but music. One of the most popular songs in Ireland to-day is "Easter Week"; the words by Francis Grenade, the music by Joseph Mary Crofts:
Long, long the years thy chains have bound thee, Eire,