Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MOTHER OF GOD, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The threefold terror of love; a fallen flare Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Bible; Christmas; Religion; Nativity, The; Theology | ||||||||
The threefold terror of love; a fallen flare Through the hollow of an ear; Wings beating about the room; The terror of all terrors that I bore The Heavens in my womb. Had I not found content among the shows Every common woman knows, Chimney corner, garden walk, Or rocky cistern where we tread the clothes And gather all the talk? What is this flesh I purchased with my pains, This fallen star my milk sustains, This love that makes my heart's blood stop Or strikes a Sudden chill into my bones And bids my hair stand up? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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