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"Fergus rules the brazen cars,
And rules the shadows of the wood,
And the white breast of the dim sea
And all dishevelled wandering stars."
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Irish poet. Who Goes with Fergus? (L. 9-12). . .
The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats. Richard J. Finneran, ed. (1989) Macmillan. |
"O chestnut-tree, great-rooted blossomer,
Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole?
O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,
How can we know the dancer from the dance?"
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Irish poet. Among School Children (l. 61-64). . .
The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats. Richard J. Finneran, ed. (1989) Macmillan. |
"Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree."
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Irish poet. Down by the Salley Gardens (l. 1-4). . .
The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats. Richard J. Finneran, ed. (1989) Macmillan. |
"And what if my descendants lose the flower
Through natural declension of the soul,
Through too much business with the passing hour,
Through too much play, or marriage with a fool?"
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Irish poet, playwright. "IV. My Descendants." |
"Come from the holy fire, perne in a gyre,
And be the singing-masters of my soul."
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Irish poet. Sailing to Byzantium (l. 19-20). . .
The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats. Richard J. Finneran, ed. (1989) Macmillan. |
"and wove seven strings,
Sweet with all music, out of his long hair,
Because her hands had been made wild by love."
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Irish poet, playwright. "The Harp of Aengus." |
"Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,"
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Irish poet. The Second Coming (l. 1-4). . .
The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats. Richard J. Finneran, ed. (1989) Macmillan. |
"Shakespearean fish swam the sea, far away from land;
Romantic fish swam in nets coming to the hand...."
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Irish poet, playwright. "Three Movements." |
"Who will go drive with Fergus now,
And pierce the deep wood's woven shade,
And dance upon the level shore?"
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Irish poet. Who Goes with Fergus? (L. 1-3). . .
The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats. Richard J. Finneran, ed. (1989) Macmillan. |
"Both nuns and mothers worship images,
But those the candles light are not as those
That animate a mother's reveries,
But keep a marble or a bronze repose."
William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Irish poet. Among School Children (l. 49-52). . .
The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats. Richard J. Finneran, ed. (1989) Macmillan. |
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