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| 1211. | A Drunken Man's Praise Of Sobriety by William Butler Yeats | | Come swish around, my pretty punk,
And keep me dancing still
That I may stay a sober man
Although I drink my fill.
Sobriety is a jewel
That I do ... |
| 1212. | Lapis Lazuli by William Butler Yeats | | (For Harry Clifton)
I HAVE heard that hysterical women say
They are sick of the palette and fiddle-bow.
Of poets that are always gay,
For everyb... |
| 1214. | Politics by William Butler Yeats | | 'In our time the destiny of man prevents its meanings
in political terms.' -- Thomas Mann.
How can I, that girl standing there... |
| 1215. | At Algeciras - A Meditaton Upon Death by William Butler Yeats | | The heron-billed pale cattle-birds
That feed on some foul parasite
Of the Moroccan flocks and herds
Cross the narrow Straits to light
In the rich ... |
| 1216. | Parnell's Funeral by William Butler Yeats | | I
Under the Great Comedian's tomb the crowd.
A bundle of tempestuous cloud is blown
About the sky; where that is clear of cloud
Brightness remai... |
| 1217. | The Sad Shepherd by William Butler Yeats | | There was a man whom Sorrow named his Friend,
And he, of his high comrade Sorrow dreaming,
Went walking with slow steps along the gleaming
And humm... |
| 1218. | Remorse For Intemperate Speech by William Butler Yeats | | I ranted to the knave and fool,
But outgrew that school,
Would transform the part,
Fit audience found, but cannot rule
My fanatic heart.
I soug... |
| 1219. | Ephemera by William Butler Yeats | | 'Your eyes that once were never weary of mine
Are bowed in sotrow under pendulous lids,
Because our love is waning.'
A... |
| 1220. | The Spirit Medium by William Butler Yeats | | Poetry, music, I have loved, and yet
Because of those new dead
That come into my soul and escape
Confusion of the bed,
Or those begotten or unbego... |
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