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William Butler Yeats (1865-1939 / County Dublin / Ireland)
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The Wild Swans At Coole

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  THE trees are in their autumn beauty,
The woodland paths are dry,
Under the October twilight the water
Mirrors a still sky;
Upon the brimming water among the stones
Are nine-and-fifty Swans.
The nineteenth autumn has come upon me
Since I first made my count;
I saw, before I had well finished,
All suddenly mount
And scatter wheeling in great broken rings
Upon their clamorous wings.
I have looked upon those brilliant creatures,
And now my heart is sore.
All's changed since I, hearing at twilight,
The first time on this shore,
The bell-beat of their wings above my head,
Trod with a lighter tread.
Unwearied still, lover by lover,
They paddle in the cold
Companionable streams or climb the air;
Their hearts have not grown old;
Passion or conquest, wander where they will,
Attend upon them still.
But now they drift on the still water,
Mysterious, beautiful;
Among what rushes will they build,
By what lake's edge or pool
Delight men's eyes when I awake some day
To find they have flown away?

William Butler Yeats


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  Robert Buckley  (1/27/2009 4:24:00 PM)

This is a beautiful poem, one of Yeats most beautiful. The poet is in Coole park the estate of Lady Gregory, his friend. The swans gather in the lake and are a symbol of continuation and immortality for the poet. This is his second vist, after! 9 years, and the swans are still there unwearied still and faithful as lovers. There is much to explore in the poem but as you read marvel at the wonderful sound effects of the swans in flight 'scatter wheeling, clamorous wings, bell beat' wonderful.
 
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