Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE INDIAN TO HIS LOVE, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The island dreams under the dawn Last Line: With vapoury footsole among the water's drowsy blaze. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Nature; Passion | ||||||||
The island dreams under the dawn And great boughs drop trnquillity; The peahens dance on a smooth lawn, A parrot sways upon a tree, Raging at his own image in enamelled sea. Here we will moor our lonely ship and wander ever with woven hands,' Murmuring how far away are the unquiet lands: How we alone of mortals are Hid under quiet bows apart, While, our love grows and Indian star, A meteor of the burning heart, One with the tide that gleams. the wing that gleam and dart, The heavy boughs, the burnished dove That moans and sighs a hundred days: How when we die our shades will rove, When eve has hushed the feathered ways, With vapoury footsole among the water's drowsy blaze. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...APPULDURCOMBE PARK by AMY LOWELL FIVE ACCOUNTS OF A MONOGAMOUS MAN by WILLIAM MEREDITH ON PASSION AS A LITERARY TRADITION by JOHN CIARDI LES GRANDES PASSIONS MANQUEES by IRVING FELDMAN SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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