Friday, January 3, 2003

Two Songs From A Play Comments

Rating: ★3.4

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I saw a staring virgin stand
Where holy Dionysus died,
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William Butler Yeats
Staring soldier
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Robot Boy 02 April 2018

This is missing key lines from the first stanza. Embarrassing for a poetry website.

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Wayne Harris 18 July 2005

Every online version of this poem I have seen is missing the line 'And then did all the maidens sing' in the first stanza. Should come immediately above 'Of Magnus Annus at the spring.

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Lee Rudolph 25 December 2021

Not 'maidens', 'Muses'.

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William Butler Yeats

County Dublin / Ireland
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County Dublin / Ireland
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