Michael Robartes and the Dancer/Sixteen Dead Men
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SIXTEEN DEAD MENO but we talked at large beforeThe sixteen men were shot,But who can talk of give and take,What should be and what not?While those dead men are loitering thereTo stir the boiling pot.
You say that we should still the landTill Germany’s overcome;But who is there to argue thatNow Pearse is deaf and dumb?And is their logic to outweighMacDonagh’s bony thumb?
How could you dream they’d listenThat have an ear aloneFor those new comrades they have foundLord Edward and Wolfe Tone,Or meddle with our give and takeThat converse bone to bone.