170. To Death by Padraic Pearse. Colum, Padraic. 1922. Anthology of Irish Verse

Padraic Colum (1881–1972). Anthology of Irish Verse. 1922.

170. To Death

By Padraic Pearse (Translated by Thomas MacDonagh)


I HAVE not gathered gold;
The fame that I won perished;
In love I found but sorrow,
That withered my life.

Of wealth or of glory	5
I shall leave nothing behind me
(I think it, O God, enough!)
But my name in the heart of a child.