Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE UNAPPEASABLE HOST, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The danaan children laugh, in cradles of wrought gold Last Line: Is comelier than candles at mother mary's feet. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Variant Title(s): A Cradle Song Subject(s): Danae; God | ||||||||
The Danaan children laugh, in cradles of wrought gold, And clap their hands together, and half close their eyes, For they will ride the North when the ger-eagle flies, With heavy whitening wings, and a heart fallen cold: I kiss my wailing child and press it to my breast, And hear the narrow graves calling my child and me. Desolate winds that cry over the wandering sea; Desolate winds that hover in the flaming West; Desolate winds that beat the doors of Heaven, and beat The doors of Hell and blow there many a whimpering ghost; O heart the winds have shaken; the unappeasable host Is comelier than candles at Mother Mary's feet. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MOUNTAIN IS STRIPPED by DAVID IGNATOW AS CLOSE AS BREATHING by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 1 by MARK JARMAN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN BIRTH-DUES by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE SILENT SHEPHERDS by ROBINSON JEFFERS GOING TO THE HORSE FLATS by ROBINSON JEFFERS SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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