Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE UNAPPEASABLE HOST, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS



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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.





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