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{{Large|Sailing to Byzantium}}<br /> | {{Center|{{Large|Sailing to Byzantium}}<br /> | ||
By: '''[[ | By: '''[[w:W. B. Yeats|W. B. Yeats]]''' ([[w:Sailing to Byzantium|1927]]) }} | ||
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That is no country for old men. The young | That is no country for old men. The young | ||
In one another’s arms, birds in the trees | In one another’s arms, birds in the trees | ||
—Those dying generations—at their song, | |||
The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas, | The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas, | ||
Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long {{ln|5}} | Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long {{ln|5}} | ||
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Monuments of unageing intellect. | Monuments of unageing intellect. | ||
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An aged man is but a paltry thing, | An aged man is but a paltry thing, | ||
A tattered coat upon a stick, unless {{ln|10}} | A tattered coat upon a stick, unless {{ln|10}} | ||
Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing | Soul clap its hands and sing,{{refn|The poet [[w:William Blake|William Blake]] saw his brother’s soul rising to Heaven, “clapping his hands for joy.”}} and louder sing | ||
For every tatter in its mortal dress, | For every tatter in its mortal dress, | ||
Nor is there singing school but studying | Nor is there singing school but studying | ||
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To the holy city of Byzantium. | To the holy city of Byzantium. | ||
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O sages standing in God’s holy fire | O sages standing in God’s holy fire | ||
As in the gold mosaic of a wall, | As in the gold mosaic of a wall, | ||
Come from the holy fire, | Come from the holy fire, {{H:title|A reel or spool on which something is wound.|perne}} in a {{H:title|To whirl around in a spiral.|gyre}}, | ||
And be the singing-masters of my soul. {{ln|20}} | And be the singing-masters of my soul. {{ln|20}} | ||
Consume my heart away; sick with desire | Consume my heart away; sick with desire | ||
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Into the artifice of eternity. | Into the artifice of eternity. | ||
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Once out of nature I shall never take {{ln|25}} | Once out of nature I shall never take {{ln|25}} | ||
My bodily form from any natural thing, | My bodily form from any natural thing, | ||
But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make | But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make | ||
Of hammered gold and gold enameling | Of hammered gold and gold enameling | ||
To keep a drowsy Emperor awake; | To keep a drowsy Emperor awake;{{refn|I have read somewhere that the Emperor’s palace at Byzantium was a tree made of gold and silver, and artificial birds that sang. [Yeat’s note.]}} | ||
Or set upon a golden bough to sing {{ln|30}} | Or set upon a golden bough to sing {{ln|30}} | ||
To lords and ladies of Byzantium | To lords and ladies of Byzantium | ||
Of what is past, or passing, or to come. | Of what is past, or passing, or to come. | ||
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notes
- ↑ The poet William Blake saw his brother’s soul rising to Heaven, “clapping his hands for joy.”
- ↑ I have read somewhere that the Emperor’s palace at Byzantium was a tree made of gold and silver, and artificial birds that sang. [Yeat’s note.]