Poems

Colonel Martin THE Colonel went out sailing, He spoke with Turk and Jew, With Christian and with Infidel, For all tongues he knew. “O what’s a […]

Colonus’ Praise Chorus. Come praise Colonus’ horses, and come praise The wine-dark of the wood’s intricacies, The nightingale that deafens daylight there, If daylight ever visit […]

Come Gather Round Me, Parnellites COME gather round me, Parnellites, And praise our chosen man; Stand upright on your legs awhile, Stand upright while you can, […]

Consolation O but there is wisdom In what the sages said; But stretch that body for a while And lay down that head Till I have […]

Coole Park And Ballylee I MEDITATE upon a swallow’s flight, Upon a aged woman and her house, A sycamore and lime-tree lost in night Although that […]

Coole Park And Ballylee, 1931 Under my window-ledge the waters race, Otters below and moor-hens on the top, Run for a mile undimmed in Heaven’s face […]

Coole Park, 1929 I meditate upon a swallow’s flight, Upon a aged woman and her house, A sycamore and lime-tree lost in night Although that western […]

Crazy Jane And Jack The Journeyman I know, although when looks meet I tremble to the bone, The more I leave the door unlatched The sooner […]

Crazy Jane And The Bishop Bring me to the blasted oak That I, midnight upon the stroke, (All find safety in the tomb.) May call down […]

Crazy Jane Grown Old Looks At The Dancers I found that ivory image there Dancing with her chosen youth, But when he wound her coal-black hair […]