Sailing To Byzantium
W. B Yeats
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'Under bare Ben Bulben's headIn Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid.An ancestor was rector thereLong years ago, a church stands near, By the road an ancient cross.No marble, no conventional phrase;On limestone quarried near the spotBy his command these words are cut: Cast a cold eyeOn life, on death.Horseman, pass by!' ...
Synopsis
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'Under bare Ben Bulben's head
In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid.
An ancestor was rector there
Long years ago, a church stands near,
By the road an ancient cross.
No marble, no conventional phrase;
On limestone quarried near the spot
By his command these words are cut: Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by!'
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