This poem warns that "too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart," and says "a shadow of cloud on the stream/ changes minute by minute.
This poem warns that "too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart," and says "a shadow of cloud on the stream/ changes minute by minute." It mentions a man who "kept a school/ and rode our winged horse" who "might have won fame in the end," and another man in this poem is called "a drunken, vainglorious lout." The narrator of this poem has "passed them with a nod of the head/ or polite meaningless words." Several stanzas of this poem end with the lines saying things are "changed, changed utterly," and that "a terrible beauty is born." FTP, name this poem about the titular Rising by William Butler Yeats.
This poem warns that "too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart," and says "a shadow of cloud on the stream/ changes minute by minute.
Easter, 1916