Poetry
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The Statues by William Butler Yeats
Pythagoras planned it. Why did the people stare?His numbers, though they moved or seemed to moveIn marble or in bronze,…
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The Statesmans Holiday by William Butler Yeats
I Lived among great houses,Riches drove out rank,Base drove out the better blood,And mind and body shrank.No Oscar ruled the…
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The Spur by William Butler Yeats
You think it horrible that lust and rageShould dance attention upon my old age;They were not such a plague when…
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The Spirit Medium by William Butler Yeats
Poetry, music, I have loved, and yetBecause of those new deadThat come into my soul and escapeConfusion of the bed,Or…
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The Sorrow Of Love by William Butler Yeats
The brawling of a sparrow in the eavesThe brilliant moon and all the milky sky,And all that famous harmony of…
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The Song Of Wandering Aengus by William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeat’s The Song of Wandering Aengus is often studied by middle school students. It presents ample opportunity to…
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The Song Of The Old Mother by William Butler Yeats
I Rise in the dawn, and I kneel and blowTill the seed of the fire flicker and glow;And then I…
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The Shadowy Waters by William Butler Yeats
A Dramatic Poem The deck of an ancient ship. At the right of the stage is the mast,with a large…
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The Seven Sages by William Butler Yeats
i(The First.) My great-grandfather spoke to Edmund BurkeIn Grattan’s house.i(The Second.) My great-grandfather sharedA pot-house bench with Oliver Goldsmith once.i(The…
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High Talk by William Butler Yeats
Processions that lack high stilts have nothing thatcatches the eye.What if my great-granddad had a pair that weretwenty foot high,And…
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