Things out of perfection sail,
And all their swelling canvas wear,
Nor shall the self-begotten fail
Though fantastic men suppose
Building-yard and stormy shore,
Winding-sheet and swaddling - clothes.
More verses by William Butler Yeats
- The Gyres
- Form The Green Helmet And Other Poems
- The Blessed
- The Man Who Dreamed Of Faeryland
- John Kinsella's Lament For Mr. Mary Moore