Abram Joseph Ryan Professions : Poet Born : February 5, 1838 Died : April 22, 1886 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Abram Joseph Ryan A land without ruins is a land without memories - a land without memories is a land without history. Abram Joseph Ryan land memories history Some reckon their age by years, Some measure their life by art; But some tell their days by the flow of their tears And their lives by the moans of their hearts. Abram Joseph Ryan life years art Do we weep for the heroes who died for us, Who living were true and tried for us, And dying sleep side by side for us; The martyr band That hallowed our land With the blood they shed in a tide for us? Abram Joseph Ryan hero sleep blood Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet Bulleh Shah poet All Authors
