To trouble the living stream. The stone's in the midst of all. Can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice? On limbs that had run wild. What is it but nightfall? Was it needless death after all? For all …

Easter, 1916 is a poem by W. B. Yeats describing the poet's torn emotions regarding the events of the Easter Rising staged in Ireland against British rule on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916. The rebellion …

“Easter, 1916” captures Yeats’s reaction to the Easter Rising in Ireland, which took place one hundred years ago today. It was first published in 1920 in his collection Michael Robartes and the Dancer …

"Easter, 1916," was written by the Irish poet W.B. Yeats to commemorate the Easter Rising in 1916, in which Irish nationalists led a rebellion to win independence from British rule.

'Easter, 1916' is a reflection on the events surrounding the Easter Rising, an armed insurrection that began in Dublin on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916.

Apr 17, 2026 · Summary of the Easter Rising, the Irish republican insurrection against British government in Ireland, which began on April 24, 1916, in Dublin.

What is it but nightfall? Was it needless death after all? For all that is done and said. Bewildered them till they died? A terrible beauty is born.

Apr 3, 2026 · Author Dermot McEvoy outlines the key facts, most important historical figures, and events surrounding the 1916 Easter Uprising in Ireland.

Yeats’ “Easter, 1916” is not just a poem about the Easter Rising in Ireland, but also a political message about the struggle for Irish independence. The poem is a call to action for the Irish people to rise up …

EASTER, 1916. I have met them at close of day Coming with vivid faces From counter or desk among grey Eighteenth-century houses.