Mythology & Folklore
Who Goes with Fergus?
From The Rose (1893)
Who will go drive with Fergus now,
And pierce the deep wood's woven shade,
And dance upon the level shore?
Young man, lift up your russet brow,
And lift your tender eyelids, maid,
And brood on hopes and fears no more.
And no more turn aside and brood
Upon Love's bitter mystery;
For Fergus rules the brazen cars,
And rules the shadows of the wood,
And the white breast of the dim sea
And all dishevelled wandering stars.
Codex Note
A short song asking a young man and a maid to stop brooding on hopes and fears and drive with Fergus, who 'rules the brazen cars, / And rules the shadows of the wood'.
Cite this poem
MLA
Yeats, W. B. “Who Goes with Fergus?” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/yeats/4/.
Chicago
Yeats, W. B. “Who Goes with Fergus?” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/yeats/4/.
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