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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TRAVAIL OF PASSION, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When the flaming lute-thronged angelic door is wide Last Line: Lilies of death-pale hope, roses of passionate dream. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Passion | |||
When the flaming lute-thronged angelic door is wide; When an immortal passion breathes in mortal clay; Our hearts endure the scourge, the plaited thorns, the way Crowded with bitter faces, the wounds in palm and side, The hyssop-heavy sponge, the flowers by Kidron stream; We will bend down and loosen our hair over you, That it may drop faint perfume, and be heavy with dew, Lilies of death-pale hope, roses of passionate dream. | 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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