Mythology & Folklore

The Valley of the Black Pig

by W. B. Yeats 1865–1939

From The Wind Among the Reeds (1899)

Mythology & Folklore

The dews drop slowly and dreams gather: unknown spears
Suddenly hurtle before my dream-awakened eyes,
And then the clash of fallen horsemen and the cries
Of unknown perishing armies beat about my ears.
We who still labour by the cromlec on the shore,
The grey cairn on the hill, when day sinks drowned in dew,
Being weary of the world's empires, bow down to you
Master of the still stars and of the flaming door.

MLA

Yeats, W. B. “The Valley of the Black Pig.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/yeats/194/.

Chicago

Yeats, W. B. “The Valley of the Black Pig.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/yeats/194/.

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