The speaker of this poem lists "camel-back, horse-back, ass-back, mule-back" as examples of "Old civilizations put to the sword". Its speaker warns that "Aeroplane and Zeppelin will come out, / pitch like King Billy bomb-balls in / until the town lie beaten flat". The declaration "All perform their tragic play" begins its second stanza, which celebrates tragedy's inability to "grow by an inch or an ounce" even "though (*) Hamlet rambles and Lear rages...upon a hundred thousand stages". It asserts that "all things fall and are built again" and describes "a long-legged bird, a symbol of longevity" that flies above figures whose "ancient, glittering eyes" are gay. For 10 points, name this W.B. Yeats poem describing "Ch
The speaker of this poem lists "camel-back, horse-back, ass-back, mule-back" as examples of "Old civilizations put to the sword". Its speaker warns that "Aeroplane and Zeppelin will come out, / pitch like King Billy bomb-balls in / until the town lie beaten flat". The declaration "All perform their tragic play" begins its second stanza, which celebrates tragedy's inability to "grow by an inch or an ounce" even "though (*) Hamlet rambles and Lear rages...upon a hundred thousand stages". It asserts that "all things fall and are built again" and describes "a long-legged bird, a symbol of longevity" that flies above figures whose "ancient, glittering eyes" are gay. For 10 points, name this W.B. Yeats poem describing "Chinamen" carved on the titular blue stone.
The speaker of this poem lists "camel-back, horse-back, ass-back, mule-back" as examples of "Old civilizations put to the sword".
"Lapis Lazuli"