For you Legionaries who study the last page of the handbook, you
will find enclosed Joseph Mary Plunkett's poem 'I see His Blood
Upon the Rose'. It is recommended that you get on your knees and
recite the first two stanzas.
I see His Blood Upon the Rose, by Joseph Mary Plunkett
(18871916)
I see his blood upon the rose
And in the stars the glory of his eyes,
His body gleams amid eternal snows,
His tears fall from the skies.
I see his face in every flower;
The thunder and the singing of the birds
Are but his voiceand carven by his power
Rocks are his written words.
All pathways by his feet are worn,
His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea,
His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn,
His cross is every tree.
