The speaker of this poem claims, "Passion or conquest . . . Attend upon them still" while discussing one group whose "hearts have not grown old" and remain "unwearied still." The speaker declares, "now my heart is sore" because "All's changed". This poem begins by describing how "The trees are in their autumn beauty / The woodland paths are dry" before the speaker laments that "the nineteenth autumn has come upon me / Sin
The speaker of this poem claims, "Passion or conquest . . . Attend upon them still" while discussing one group whose "hearts have not grown old" and remain "unwearied still." The speaker declares, "now my heart is sore" because "All's changed". This poem begins by describing how "The trees are in their autumn beauty / The woodland paths are dry" before the speaker laments that "the nineteenth autumn has come upon me / Since I made my first count." At the end of this poem the speaker wonders at "what lake's edge or pool" will the title figures "delight men's eyes" when he "awakes some day / To find they have flown away." For 10 points, name this Yeats poem about a group of birds that "drift on the still water."
The speaker of this poem claims, "Passion or conquest . . . Attend upon them still" while discussing one group whose "hearts have not grown old" and remain "unwearied still.
"The Wild Swans at Coole"