To Be Carved on a Stone at Thoor Ballylee (by W.B. Yeats)

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1911 photo of Yeats by George Charles Beresford

To Be Carved on a Stone at Thoor Ballylee
by William Butler Yeats
from Michael Robartes and the Dancer (1921)


I, the poet William Yeats,
With old mill boards and sea-green slates,
And smithy work from the Gort forge,
Restored this tower for my wife George;
And may these characters remain
When all is ruin once again.




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Posted by Jesus Crisis at 11/12/2009 2:21 PM
Categories: British,Poetry,Irish,Yeats (William Butler),1900s
Tags: British Poetry British Literature William Butler Yeats Michael Robartes and the Dancer W.B. Yeats 1921
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