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{{Large|Sailing to Byzantium}}<br /> | {{Large|Sailing to Byzantium}}<br /> | ||
By: '''[[Wikipedia:W. B. Yeats|W. B. Yeats]]''' (1928) | By: '''[[Wikipedia:W. B. Yeats|W. B. Yeats]]''' (1928) | ||
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— Those dying generations — at their song, | — 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 | Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long {{ln|5}} | ||
Whatever is begotten, born, and dies. | Whatever is begotten, born, and dies. | ||
Caught in that sensual music all neglect | Caught in that sensual music all neglect | ||
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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 | A tattered coat upon a stick, unless {{ln|10}} | ||
Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing | Soul clap its hands and sing, 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 | ||
Monuments of its own magnificence; | Monuments of its own magnificence; | ||
And therefore I have sailed the seas and come | And therefore I have sailed the seas and come {{ln|15}} | ||
To the holy city of Byzantium. | To the holy city of Byzantium. | ||
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As in the gold mosaic of a wall, | As in the gold mosaic of a wall, | ||
Come from the holy fire, perne{{efn|A reel or spool on which something is wound.}} in a gyre,{{efn|To whirl around in a spiral.}} | Come from the holy fire, perne{{efn|A reel or spool on which something is wound.}} in a gyre,{{efn|To whirl around in a spiral.}} | ||
And be the singing-masters of my soul. | And be the singing-masters of my soul. {{ln|20}} | ||
Consume my heart away; sick with desire | Consume my heart away; sick with desire | ||
And fastened to a dying animal | And fastened to a dying animal | ||
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Into the artifice of eternity. | Into the artifice of eternity. | ||
Once out of nature I shall never take | 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; | ||
Or set upon a golden bough to sing | 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=== | ===Notes=== | ||
Revision as of 16:17, 13 January 2020
Sailing to Byzantium
By: W. B. Yeats (1928)That is no country for old men. The young
In one another’s arms, birds in the trees
— Those dying generations — at their song,
The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas,
Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long 5
Whatever is begotten, born, and dies.
Caught in that sensual music all neglect
Monuments of unageing intellect.
An aged man is but a paltry thing,
A tattered coat upon a stick, unless 10
Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing
For every tatter in its mortal dress,
Nor is there singing school but studying
Monuments of its own magnificence;
And therefore I have sailed the seas and come 15
To the holy city of Byzantium.
O sages standing in God’s holy fire
As in the gold mosaic of a wall,
Come from the holy fire, perne[a] in a gyre,[b]
And be the singing-masters of my soul. 20
Consume my heart away; sick with desire
And fastened to a dying animal
It knows not what it is; and gather me
Into the artifice of eternity.
Once out of nature I shall never take 25
My bodily form from any natural thing,
But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make
Of hammered gold and gold enameling
To keep a drowsy Emperor awake;
Or set upon a golden bough to sing 30
To lords and ladies of Byzantium
Of what is past, or passing, or to come.
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