Poetry
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Demon and Beast by William Butler Yeats
For certain minutes at the leastThat crafty demon and that loud beastThat plague me day and nightRan out of my…
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Death by William Butler Yeats
Nor dread nor hope attendA dying animal;A man awaits his endDreading and hoping all;Many times he died,Many times rose again.A…
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Cuchulains Fight With The Sea by William Butler Yeats
A man came slowly from the setting sun,To Emer, raddling raiment in her dun,And said, “I am that swineherd whom…
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Cuchulain Comforted by William Butler Yeats
A man that had six mortal wounds, a manViolent and famous, strode among the dead;Eyes stared out of the branches…
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Crazy Jane Reproved by William Butler Yeats
I care not what the sailors say:All those dreadful thunder-stones,All that storm that blots the dayCan but show that Heaven…
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Crazy Jane On The Mountain by William Butler Yeats
I am tired of cursing the Bishop,(Said Crazy Jane)Nine books or nine hatsWould not make him a man.I have found…
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Crazy Jane On The Day Of Judgment by William Butler Yeats
‘Love is allUnsatisfiedThat cannot take the wholeBody and soul’;And that is what Jane said. ‘Take the sourIf you take meI…
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Crazy Jane On God by William Butler Yeats
That lover of a nightCame when he would,Went in the dawning lightWhether I would or no;Men come, men go;All things…
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Crazy Jane Grown Old Looks At The Dancers by William Butler Yeats
I found that ivory image thereDancing with her chosen youth,But when he wound her coal-black hairAs though to strangle her,…
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Crazy Jane And The Bishop by William Butler Yeats
Bring me to the blasted oakThat I, midnight upon the stroke,(All find safety in the tomb.)May call down curses on…
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