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The Delphic Oracle Upon Plotinus by William Butler Yeats
Behold that great Plotinus swim,Buffeted by such seas;Bland Rhadamanthus beckons him,But the Golden Race looks dim,Salt blood blocks his eyes.Scattered…
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The Dedication To A Book Of Stories by William Butler Yeats
There was a green branch hung with many a bellWhen her own people ruled this tragic Eire;And from its murmuring…
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The Curse Of Cromwell by William Butler Yeats
You ask what — I have found, and far and wide I go:Nothing but Cromwell’s house and Cromwell’s mur-derous crew,The…
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The Crazed Moon by William Butler Yeats
Crazed through much child-bearingThe moon is staggering in the sky;Moon-struck by the despairingGlances of her wandering eyeWe grope, and grope…
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The Countess Cathleen In Paradise by William Butler Yeats
All the heavy days are over;Leave the body’s coloured prideUnderneath the grass and clover,With the feet laid side by side.Bathed…
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The Consolation by William Butler Yeats
I Had this thought awhile ago,My darling cannot understandWhat I have done, or what would doIn this blind bitter land.…
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The Coming Of Wisdom With Time by William Butler Yeats
Though leaves are many, the root is one;Through all the lying days of my youthI swayed my leaves and flowers…
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The Collar-Bone Of A Hare by William Butler Yeats
Would I could cast a sail on the waterWhere many a king has goneAnd many a kings daughter,And alight at…
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The Cold Heaven by William Butler Yeats
Suddenly I saw the cold and rook-delighting HeavenThat seemed as though ice burned and was but the more ice,And thereupon…
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The Cloak, The Boat, And The Shoes by William Butler Yeats
“What do you make so fair and bright?”“I make the cloak of Sorrow:O lovely to see in all men’s sightShall…
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