Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PRAYER ON GOING INTO MY HOUSE, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: God grant a blessing on this tower and cottage Last Line: Manacle his soul upon the red sea bottom. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Blessings | ||||||||
GOD grant a blessing on this tower and cottage And on my heirs, if all remain unspoiled, No table or chair or stool not simple enough For shepherd lads in Galilee; and grant That I myself for portions of the year May handle nothing and set eyes on nothing But what the great and passionate have used Throughout so many varying centuries We take it for the norm; yet should I dream Sinbad the sailor's brought a painted chest, Or image, from beyond the Loadstone Mountain, That dream is a norm; and should some limb of the Devil Destroy the view by cutting down an ash That shades the road, or setting up a cottage Planned in a government office, shorten his life, Manacle his soul upon the Red Sea bottom. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PLASTIC BEATITUDE by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR TO ANGELIC CIRCUMSTANCES by KENNETH KOCH PARADISE LIGHTNING DAZZLE: 6. YES by GREGORY ORR HONEY DRIPPING FROM THE COMB by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY DAUGHTER O' MINE by DAISY DEAN BUTLER VERSES DESIGNED FOR AN INFIRMARY by JOHN BYROM TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 3. AH! BLESSED IS HE by EDWARD CARPENTER SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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