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“A sudden blow; the great wings beating still
Above the staggering girl,”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“If Michael, leader of God’s host
When Heaven and Hell are met,
Looked down on you from Heaven’s door-post
He would his deeds forget.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Ah, that Time could touch a form
That could show what Homer’s age
Bred to be a hero’s wage.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“The yellow pool has overflowed high up on Clooth-na-Bare,
For the wet winds are blowing out of the clinging air;
Like heavy flooded waters our bodies and our blood;
But purer than a tall candle before the Holy Rood
Is Cathleen, the daughter of Houlihan.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)