#nosecondtroy

[theliterateredneck]

~ We need some Yeats~ "...with beauty like a tightened bow, a kind that is not natural in an age like this, being high and solitary and most stern? Why, what could she have done, being what she is? Was there another Troy for her to burn?" from "No Second Troy," one of my favorite poems from the late blooming W.B.Yeats. I am grateful to still have a book of his poetry from my sister, Andrea @andrea.tradesofhope. (She is an amazing woman.) The poetry of Yeats is a must-do event in one's lifetime. The Romantic Poets were not frivolous, but tapped into a much needed desire of a generation looking for progress, hope, inspiration from the Classics and nature. #poetry #irishpoets #yeats #romantics #poets #yeats #nosecondtroy #mysticism

[glass-powder]

No Second Troy

Why should I blame her that she filled my days With misery, or that she would of late Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways, Or hurled the little streets upon the great. Had they but courage equal to desire? What could have made her peaceful with a mind That nobleness made simple as a fire, With beauty like a tightened bow, a kind That is not natural in an age like this, Being high and solitary and most stern? Why, what could she have done, being what she is? Was there another Troy for her to burn? 

- William Butler Yeats