#Irish #NobelPrize #XIXCentury #XXCentury
Where had her sweetness gone? What fanatics invent In this blind bitter town, Fantasy or incident Not worth thinking of,
#1933 #TheWindingStairAndOtherPoems
THERE is a queen in China, or maybe i… And birthdays and holidays such praises… Of her unblemished lineaments, a whitene… That she might be that sprightly girl wh… And there’s a score of duchesses, surpas…
The trees are in their autumn beauty, The woodland paths are dry, Under the October twilight the water Mirrors a still sky; Upon the brimming water among the stones
Were you but lying cold and dead, And lights were paling out of the West, You would come hither, and bend your hea… And I would lay my head on your breast; And you would murmur tender words,
#1899 #TheWindAmongTheReeds
Though leaves are many, the root is one; Through all the lying days of my youth I swayed my leaves and flowers in the su… Now I may wither into the truth.
#1910 #TheGreenHelmetAndOtherPoems
SWEETHEART, do not love too long: I loved long and long, And grew to be out of fashion Like an old song. All through the years of our youth
ONCE, when midnight smote the air, Eunuchs ran through Hell and met On every crowded street to stare Upon great Juan riding by: Even like these to rail and sweat
A STATESMAN is an easy man, He tells his lies by rote; A journalist makes up his lies And takes you by the throat; So stay at home’ and drink your beer
A MAN that had six mortal wounds, a ma… Violent and famous, strode among the dea… Eyes stared out of the branches and were… Then certain Shrouds that muttered head… Came and were gone. He leant upon a tr…
Where, where but here have pride and Tr… That long to give themselves for wage, To shake their wicked sides at youth Restraining reckless middle-age?
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 the form
Epilogue to 'A Vision’ Midnight has come, and the great Christ… And may a lesser bell sound through the… And it is All Souls’ Night, And two long glasses brimmed with muscat…
#1928 #TheTower
She hears me strike the board and say That she is under ban Of all good men and women, Being mentioned with a man That has the worst of all bad names;
LOCKE sank into a swoon; The Garden died; God took the spinning-jenny Out of his side. Where got I that truth?
SANG Solomon to Sheba, And kissed her dusky face, ‘All day long from mid-day We have talked in the one place, All day long from shadowless noon