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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOM O'ROUGHLEY, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Though logic-choppers rule the town Last Line: "I'd dance a measure on his grave." Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Friendship | |||
"Though logic-choppers rule the town, And every man and maid and boy Has marked a distant object down, An aimless joy is a pure joy," Or so did Tom O'Roughley say That saw the surges running by, "And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey. "If little planned is little sinned But little need the grave distress. What's dying but a second wind? How but in a zig-zag wantonness Could trumpeter Michael be so brave?" Or something of that sort he said, "And if my dearest friend were dead, I'd dance a measure on his grave." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...YOU & I BELONG IN THIS KITCHEN by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JASON THE REAL by TONY HOAGLAND NO RESURRECTION by ROBINSON JEFFERS CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE CHAMBER MUSIC: 18 by JAMES JOYCE THE STONE TABLE by GALWAY KINNELL ALMSWOMAN by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN TO AN ENEMY by MAXWELL BODENHEIM SONNET: 10. TO A FRIEND by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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