William Butler Yeats - Are You Content?

William Butler Yeats - Are You Content?

I CALL on those that call me son, br Grandson, or great-grandson, br On uncles, aunts, great-uncles or great-aunts, br To judge what I have done. br Have I, that put it into words, br Spoilt what old loins have sent? br Eyes spiritualised by death can judge, br I cannot, but I am not content. br He that in Sligo at Drumcliff br Set up the old stone Cross, br That red-headed rector in County Down, br A good man on a horse, br Sandymount Corbets, that notable man br Old William pollexfen, br The smuggler Middleton, Butlers far back, br Half legendary men. br Infirm and aged I might stay br In some good company, br I who have always hated work, br Smiling at the sea, br Or demonstrate in my own life br What Robert Browning meant br By an old hunter talking with Gods; br But I am not content.


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Uploaded: 2014-11-07

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