Out of Ireland: A Reading of Yeats' PoetryCarcanet Press, 1975 - 169 pages Studie over het werk van de Ierse dichter (1865-1939) |
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Page 23
... look to them for consola- tion ; and we wonder if they might not be revived . We also find that they disturb our sleep , and wonder if , through some last form of propitiation , they might not be induced to leave us alone . Yeats ...
... look to them for consola- tion ; and we wonder if they might not be revived . We also find that they disturb our sleep , and wonder if , through some last form of propitiation , they might not be induced to leave us alone . Yeats ...
Page 51
... look at Gregory's death in the eleventh stanza , we find the image of his ec- static flame - out is a curious one ... looks more like one of Yeats's adored alchemists , ' turning lead into gold , weariness into ecstacy , bodies into ...
... look at Gregory's death in the eleventh stanza , we find the image of his ec- static flame - out is a curious one ... looks more like one of Yeats's adored alchemists , ' turning lead into gold , weariness into ecstacy , bodies into ...
Page 100
... look to France ; but nearer home were his old friends , Dowson and Johnson , two of her finer victims . Unlike them , Yeats always kept her at a certain distance , and one might suggest , that he was too cautious , timid and uptight ...
... look to France ; but nearer home were his old friends , Dowson and Johnson , two of her finer victims . Unlike them , Yeats always kept her at a certain distance , and one might suggest , that he was too cautious , timid and uptight ...
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
The CourtierMage | 35 |
Apocalyptic Poems | 57 |
Copyright | |
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