A Meditation in Time of War (by W.B. Yeats)

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1911 photo of Yeats by George Charles Beresford

A Meditation in Time of War
by William Butler Yeats
from Michael Robartes and the Dancer (1921)


For one throb of the artery,
While on that old grey stone I sat
Under the old wind-broken tree,
I knew that One is animate
Mankind inanimate phantasy.




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Posted by Jesus Crisis at 11/12/2009 2:07 PM
Categories: British,Poetry,Irish,Yeats (William Butler),1900s
Tags: British Poetry British Literature William Butler Yeats Michael Robartes and the Dancer 1921 W.B. Yeats
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