The Choice
The Choice The intellect of man is forced to choose perfection of the life, or of the work, And if it take the second must refuse […]
READ MOREThe Circus Animals’ Desertion
The Circus Animals’ Desertion I I sought a theme and sought for it in vain, I sought it daily for six weeks or so. Maybe at […]
READ MOREThe Cloak, The Boat And The Shoes
The Cloak, The Boat And The Shoes ‘What do you make so fair and bright?’ ‘I make the cloak of Sorrow: O lovely to see in […]
READ MOREThe Cold Heaven
The Cold Heaven SUDDENLY I saw the cold and rook-delighting heaven That seemed as though ice burned and was but the more ice, And thereupon imagination […]
READ MOREThe Collar-Bone Of A Hare
The Collar-Bone Of A Hare WOULD I could cast a sad on the water Where many a king has gone And many a king’s daughter, And […]
READ MOREThe Coming Of Wisdom With Time
The Coming Of Wisdom With Time THOUGH leaves are many, the root is one; Through all the lying days of my youth I swayed my leaves […]
READ MOREThe Countess Cathleen In Paradise
The Countess Cathleen In Paradise ALL the heavy days are over; Leave the body’s coloured pride Underneath the grass and clover, With the feet laid side […]
READ MOREThe Crazed Moon
The Crazed Moon CRAZED through much child-bearing The moon is staggering in the sky; Moon-struck by the despairing Glances of her wandering eye We grope, and […]
READ MOREThe Curse Of Cromwell
The Curse Of Cromwell YOU ask what — I have found, and far and wide I go: Nothing but Cromwell’s house and Cromwell’s mur- derous crew, […]
READ MOREThe Dancer At Cruachan And Cro-Patrick
The Dancer At Cruachan And Cro-Patrick I, proclaiming that there is Among birds or beasts or men One that is perfect or at peace. Danced on […]
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