Literature
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From The “Antigone” by William Butler Yeats
Overcome — O bitter sweetness,Inhabitant of the soft cheek of a girl —The rich man and his affairs,The fat flocks…
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From A Full Moon In March by William Butler Yeats
Parnell’s Funeral Under the Great Comedian’s tomb the crowd.A bundle of tempestuous cloud is blownAbout the sky; where that is…
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Friends by William Butler Yeats
Now must I these three praise,Three women that have wroughtWhat joy is in my days;One that no passing thought,Nor those…
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Fragments by William Butler Yeats
ILocke sank into a swoon;The Garden died;God took the spinning-jennyOut of his side. IIWhere got I that truth?Out of a…
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For Anne Gregory by William Butler Yeats
“Never shall a young man,Thrown into despairBy those great honey-colouredRamparts at your ear,Love you for yourself aloneAnd not your yellow…
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Fergus And The Druid by William Butler Yeats
(Fergus.) This whole day have I followed in the rocks,And you have changed and flowed from shape toshape,First as a…
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Father And Child by William Butler Yeats
She hears me strike the board and sayThat she is under banOf all good men and women,Being mentioned with a…
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Fallen Majesty by William Butler Yeats
Although crowds gathered once if she but showed her face,And even old mens eyes grew dim, this hand alone,Like some…
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Ephemera by William Butler Yeats
“Your eyes that once were never weary of mineAre bowed in sotrow under pendulous lids,Because our love is waning.”And then…
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Ego Dominus Tuus by William Butler Yeats
Hic. On the grey sand beside the shallow streamUnder your old wind-beaten tower, where stillA lamp burns on beside the…
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