| Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917. |
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| 342. I see His Blood upon the Rose |
| By Joseph Mary Plunkett (1887–1916) |
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| 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. | |
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| I see his face in every flower; | 5 |
| The thunder and the singing of the birds | |
| Are but his voice—and carven by his power | |
| Rocks are his written words. | |
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| All pathways by his feet are worn, | |
| His strong heart stirs the ever-beating sea, | 10 |
| His crown of thorns is twined with every thorn, | |
| His cross is every tree. | |
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