He wrote the poems "Lapis Lazuli" and "Sailing to Byzantium."
This poet described a "long-legged bird" flying over "two Chinamen, behind them a third" carved in stone. In one of his poems, he imagines himself taking the form of "hammered gold and gold enameling" to sing for an emperor at the end of a poem that claims "that is no country for old men." This author described a creature "slouching toward Bethlehem to be born" in a poem that states: "Things fall apart, the centre cannot hold." He wrote the poems "Lapis Lazuli" and "Sailing to Byzantium." For 10 points, name this Irish poet who also wrote "The Second Coming."
This poet described a "long-legged bird" flying over "two Chinamen, behind them a third" carved in stone.
William Butler Yeats