Tuesday, May 15, 2001

He Thinks Of His Past Greatness When A Part Of The Constellations Of Heaven Comments

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I HAVE drunk ale from the Country of the Young
And weep because I know all things now:
I have been a hazel-tree, and they hung
The Pilot Star and the Crooked Plough
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William Butler Yeats
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Josie 09 September 2020

What is a pilot star

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Unnikrishnan E S 26 October 2019

This lovely poem opens with a strange couplet: I HAVE drunk ale from the Country of the Young And weep because I know all things now“ and goes on to capture “all things”... The poem, although so small, unfolds in its beauty.. to close with these lines “Must I endure your amorous cries? ” Great! ! !

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William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats

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