In Memory Of John Butler Yeats
Padraic Colum 1881 (County Longford) – 1972 (Enfield)
'TO-NIGHT,' you said, 'to-night, all Ireland round
The curlews call.' The dinner-talk went on,
And I knew what you heard and what you saw,
That left you for a little while withdrawn-
The lonely land, the lonely-crying birds!
Your words, your breath is gone!
O uncaught spirit, we'll remember you
By those remote and ever-flying birds
Adown the Shannon's reach, or crying through
The mist between Clew Bay and Dublin Bay!
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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Scheme | XXXAB ACBCX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 419 |
Words | 75 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
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