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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THOSE THAT HATED 'THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD', by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet's Biography
First Line: Once, when midnight smote the air
Last Line: Staring upon his sinewy thigh.
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Subject(s): Synge, John Millington (1871-1909)
First Line: Once, when midnight smote the air
Last Line: Staring upon his sinewy thigh.
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Subject(s): Synge, John Millington (1871-1909)
ONCE, when midnight smote the air,
Eunuchs ran through Hell and met
On every crowded street to stare
Upon great Juan riding by:
Even like these to rail and sweat
Staring upon his sinewy thigh.
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