Death
Nor dread nor hope attend
A dying animal;
A man awaits his end
Dreading and hoping all;
Many times he died,
Many times rose again.
A great man in his pride
Confronting murderous men
Casts derision upon
Supersession of breath;
He knows death to the bone --
Man has created death.
poem by William Butler Yeats from The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1933)
Added by Dan Costinaş
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1 Dan Costinaş said on 10 January 2015: |
(*) The lines were actually written after the assassination of his friend Kevin O'Higgins, which is referenced in second part of the poem. |