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On A Political Prisoner
On A Political Prisoner
SHE that but little patience knew,
From childhood on, had now so much
A grey gull lost its fear and flew
Down to her cell a…
Old Tom Again
Old Tom Again
Things out of perfection sail,
And all their swelling canvas wear,
Nor shall the self-begotten fail
Though fantastic men suppose
Oil And Blood
Oil And Blood
IN tombs of gold and lapis lazuli
Bodies of holy men and women exude
Miraculous oil, odour of violet.
But under heavy loads of trampl…
No Second Troy
No Second Troy
WHY should I blame her that she filled my days
With misery, or that she would of late
Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways,
Narrative And Dramatic The Wanderings Of Oisin
Narrative And Dramatic The Wanderings Of Oisin
BOOK I
S. Patrick. You who are bent, and bald, and blind,
With a heavy heart and a wandering mind, <…
News For The Delphic Oracle
News For The Delphic Oracle
THERE all the golden codgers lay,
There the silver dew,
And the great water sighed for love,
And the wind sighed too. <…
Memory
Memory
ONE had a lovely face,
And two or three had charm,
But charm and face were in vain
Because the mountain grass
Cannot but keep th…
Michael Robartes and the Dancer
Michael Robartes and the Dancer
He. Opinion is not worth a rush;
In this altar-piece the knight,
Who grips his long spear so to push
That dragon th…
Man And The Echo
Man And The Echo
Man. In a cleft that's christened Alt
Under broken stone I halt
At the bottom of a pit
That broad noon has never lit,
And sh…
Meditations In Time Of Civil War
Meditations In Time Of Civil War
I
Ancestral Houses
SURELY among a rich man s flowering lawns,
Amid the rustle of his planted hills,
Life ove…
Love's Loneliness
Love's Loneliness
Old fathers, great-grandfathers,
Rise as kindred should.
If ever lover's loneliness
Came where you stood,
Pray that Heaven …
Mad As The Mist And Snow
Mad As The Mist And Snow
Bolt and bar the shutter,
For the foul winds blow:
Our minds are at their best this night,
And I seem to know
That e…
Long-Legged Fly
Long-Legged Fly
THAT civilisation may not sink,
Its great battle lost,
Quiet the dog, tether the pony
To a distant post;
Our master Caesar is…
Leda And The Swan
Leda And The Swan
A SUDDEN blow: the great wings beating still
Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed
By the dark webs, her nape caught in his bi…
King And No King
King And No King
WOULD it were anything but merely voice!'
The No King cried who after that was King,
Because he had not heard of anything
That bal…
Introductory Lines (The Shadowy Waters)
Introductory Lines (The Shadowy Waters)
I walked among the seven woods of Coole:
Shan-walla, where a willow-hordered pond
Gathers the wild duck from the …
In The Seven Woods
In The Seven Woods
I HAVE heard the pigeons of the Seven Woods
Make their faint thunder, and the garden bees
Hum in the lime-tree flowers; and put away <…
In Memory of Major Robert Gregory
In Memory of Major Robert Gregory
Now that we're almost settled in our house
I'll name the friends that cannot sup with us
Beside a fire of turf in th' a…
In Memory Of Alfred Pollexfen
In Memory Of Alfred Pollexfen
FIVE-AND-TWENTY years have gone
Since old William pollexfen
Laid his strong bones down in death
By his wife Elizabeth…
I Am Of Ireland
I Am Of Ireland
'I am of Ireland,
And the Holy Land of Ireland,
And time runs on,' cried she.
'Come out of charity,
Come dance with me in Ire…
His Confidence
His Confidence
Undying love to buy
I wrote upon
The corners of this eye
All wrongs done.
What payment were enough
For undying love?
His Phoenix
His Phoenix
THERE is a queen in China, or maybe it's in Spain,
And birthdays and holidays such praises can be heard
Of her unblemished lineaments, a whit…
High Talk
High Talk
PROCESSIONS that lack high stilts have nothing that catches the eye.
What if my great-granddad had a pair that were twenty foot high,
And mine …
Her Triumph
Her Triumph
I did the dragon's will until you came
Because I had fancied love a casual
Improvisation, or a settled game
That followed if I let the …