The Nineteenth Century And After

William Butler Yeats 1865 (Sandymount) – 1939 (Menton)



THOUGH the great song return no more
There's keen delight in what we have:
The rattle of pebbles on the shore
Under the receding wave.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 139
Words 27
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats was an Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th century literature. more…

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