William Butler Yeats (Уильям Батлер Йейтс)

Crazy Jane on God

That lover of a night
Came when he would,
Went in the dawning light
Whether I would or no;
Men come, men go;
All things remain in God.

Banners choke the sky;
Men-at-arms tread;
Armoured horses neigh
In the narrow pass:
All things remain in God.

Before their eyes a house
That from childhood stood
Uninhabited, ruinous,
Suddenly lit up
From door to top:
All things remain in God.

I had wild Jack for a lover;
Though like a road
That men pass over
My body makes no moan
But sings on:
All things remain in God. 

William Butler Yeats’s other poems:

  1. In Memory of Alfred Pollexfen
  2. Under Ben Bulben
  3. To Be Carved on a Stone at Ballylee
  4. The Municipal Gallery Revisited
  5. Maid Quiet




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