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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LAMENTATION OF THE OLD PENSIONER (2), by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Although I shelter from the rain Last Line: That has transfigured me. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Labor & Laborers; Old Age; Retirement; Work; Workers | |||
ALTHOUGH I shelter from the rain Under a broken tree My chair was nearest to the fire In every company That talked of love or politics, Ere Time transfigured me. Though lads are making pikes again For some conspiracy, And crazy rascals rage their fill At human tyranny, My contemplations are of Time That has transfigured me. There's not a woman turns her face Upon a broken tree, And yet the beauties that I loved Are in my memory; I spit into the face of Time That has transfigured me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AFTER WORKING SIXTY HOURS AGAIN FOR WHAT REASON by HICOK. BOB DAY JOB AND NIGHT JOB by ANDREW HUDGINS BIXBY'S LANDING by ROBINSON JEFFERS ON BUILDING WITH STONE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS IN CALIFORNIA: MORNING, EVENING, LATE JANUARY by DENISE LEVERTOV SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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