William Butler Yeats
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The Tower by William Butler Yeats
SAILING TO BYZANTIUM I That is no country for old men. The youngIn one another’s arms, birds in the trees—…
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The Three Monuments by William Butler Yeats
They hold their public meetings whereOur most renowned patriots stand,One among the birds of the air,A stumpier on either hand;And…
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The Three Hermits by William Butler Yeats
Three old hermits took the airBy a cold and desolate sea,First was muttering a prayer,Second rummaged for a flea;On a…
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The Three Bushes by William Butler Yeats
Said lady once to lover,“None can rely uponA love that lacks its proper food;And if your love were goneHow could…
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The Three Beggars by William Butler Yeats
Though to my feathers in the wet,I have stood here from break of day,I have not found a thing to…
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The Stolen Child by William Butler Yeats
Where dips the rocky highlandOf Sleuth Wood in the lake,There lies a leafy islandWhere flapping herons wakeThe drowsy water-rats;There we’ve…
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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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