Poems

The Song Of The Old Mother I RISE in the dawn, and I kneel and blow Till the seed of the fire flicker and glow; And […]

The Song Of Wandering Aengus I WENT out to the hazel wood, Because a fire was in my head, And cut and peeled a hazel wand, […]

The Sorrow Of Love THE brawling of a sparrow in the eaves, The brilliant moon and all the milky sky, And all that famous harmony of […]

The Spirit Medium POETRY, music, I have loved, and yet Because of those new dead That come into my soul and escape Confusion of the bed, […]

The Spur YOU think it horrible that lust and rage Should dance attention upon my old age; They were not such a plague when I was […]

The Statesman’s Holiday I LIVED among great houses, Riches drove out rank, Base drove out the better blood, And mind and body shrank. No Oscar ruled […]

The Statues Pythagoras planned it. Why did the people stare? His numbers, though they moved or seemed to move In marble or in bronze, lacked character. […]

The Stolen Child WHERE dips the rocky highland Of Sleuth Wood in the lake, There lies a leafy island Where flapping herons wake The drowsy water-rats; […]

The Three Beggars “Though to my feathers in the wet, I have stood here from break of day. I have not found a thing to eat, […]

The Three Bushes SAID lady once to lover, “None can rely upon A love that lacks its proper food; And if your love were gone How […]