[Handbill] The Flag on the G.P.O. Easter 1917. By J. J. Walsh.

Author: 
J[ames]. J[oseph]. Walsh.
Publication details: 
[c.1917].
£235.00
SKU: 12373

The Flag on the G.P.O. Easter 1917. By J. J. Walsh. (Date and place not stated [c.1917]). Handbill poem, one page, 12mo, creased laid paper, mainly good condition. It is headed 'THE Flag on the G.P.O. | Easter 1917. | By J. J. Walsh', and with 'J. J. Walsh.' again at foot. The first of three stanzas reads: Why gather the crowd in O'Connell Street? | Why throng all the people there? | What eminent personage do they greet? | With the shouts that fill the air? | Who comes this morning or what's to be seen | That they hurry and push them so? | 'Tis the rebel standard - white, orange and green | That floats from the G.P.O.No copies on COPAC and WorldCat; the only copy located at NLI.