‘On Behalf of Some Irishmen not Followers of Tradition’ by George William Russell
We would no Irish sign efface,
But yet our lips would gladlier hail
The firstborn of the Coming Race
Than the last splendour of the Gael.
For Art, For Ireland: George William Russell’s Polemic Against Rudyard Kipling
In Ireland every poet we honour has dedicated his genius to his country without gain, and has given without stint, without any miserly withholding of his gift when his nation was in dark and evil days.