Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LEADERS OF THE CROWD, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They must to keep their certainty accuse Last Line: And heartier loves; that lamp is from the tomb. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Trfuth | ||||||||
THEY must to keep their certainty accuse All that are different of a base intent; Pull down established honour; hawk for news Whatever their loose fantasy invent And murmur it with bated breath, as though The abounding gutter had been Helicon Or calumny a song. How can they know Truth flourishes where the student's lamp has shone, And there alone, that have no solitude? So the crowd come they care not what may come. They have loud music, hope every day renewed And heartier loves; that lamp is from the tomb. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SOLOMON TO SHEBA by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE COMING OF WISDOM WITH TIME by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE COUNTESS CATHLEEN IN PARADISE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE FISH by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE GREY ROCK by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE HAWK by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE KING'S THRESHOLD by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE LAND OF HEART'S DESIRE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE LOVER MOURNS FOR THE LOSS OF LOVE by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE LOVER PLEADS WITH HIS FRIENDS FOR OLD FRIENDS by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS THE PLAYERS ASK FOR A BLESSING ON THE PSALTERIES AND ON THEMSELVES by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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