Mythology & Folklore
The Valley of the Black Pig
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.
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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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