William Butler Yeats
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Beautiful Lofty Things by William Butler Yeats
Beautiful lofty things: O’Leary’s noble head;My father upon the Abbey stage, before him a raging crowd:“This Land of Saints,’ and…
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Baile And Aillinn by William Butler Yeats
ARGUMENT. i(Baile and Aillinn were lovers, but Aengus, the)i(Master of Love, wishing them to he happy in his own land)i(among…
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A Woman Young And Old by William Butler Yeats
IFATHER AND CHILDShe hears me strike the board and sayThat she is under banOf all good men and women,Being mentioned…
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A Woman Homer sung by William Butler Yeats
If any man drew nearWhen I was young,I thought, He holds her dear,And shook with hate and fear.But oh, twas…
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At the Abbey Theatre by William Butler Yeats
Dear Craoibhin Aoibhin, look into our case.When we are high and airy hundreds sayThat if we hold that flight theyll…
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A Thought From Propertius by William Butler Yeats
She might, so noble from headTo great shapely knees,The long flowing line,Have walked to the altarThrough the holy imagesAt Pallas…
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At Aleciras – A Meditaton Upon Death by William Butler Yeats
The heron-billed pale cattle-birdsThat feed on some foul parasiteOf the Moroccan flocks and herdsCross the narrow Straits to lightIn the…
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Are You Content? by William Butler Yeats
I call on those that call me son,Grandson, or great-grandson,On uncles, aunts, great-uncles or great-aunts,To judge what I have done.Have…
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A Prayer On Going Into My House by William Butler Yeats
God grant a blessing on this tower and cottageAnd on my heirs, if all remain unspoiled,No table or chair or…
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A Prayer For Old Age by William Butler Yeats
God guard me from those thoughts men thinkIn the mind alone;He that sings a lasting songThinks in a marrow-bone; From…
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