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Symbols: Poem by William Butler Yeats

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A STORM BEATEN old watch-tower,
A blind hermit rings the hour.
All-destroying sword-blade still
Carried by the wandering fool.
Gold-sewn silk on the sword-blade,
Beauty and fool together laid.

Analysis of this poem
  • time
  • steel arms

More verses by William Butler Yeats

  • What Then?
  • Parnell's Funeral
  • Her Triumph
  • The Cloak, The Boat And The Shoes
  • Maid Quiet

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