Poem by William Butler Yeats

The Attack on 'The Playboy of the Western World', 1907

Once, when midnight smote the air,
Eunuchs ran through Hell and met
From thoroughfare to thoroughfare,
While that great Juan galloped by;
And like these to rail and sweat
Staring upon his sinewy thigh.

1. Against Unworthy Praise
2. An Appointment
3. The Fascination of What's Difficult
4. Beggar to Beggar Cried
5. Running to Paradise

Print

1641 Views

Last Poems

To Russian version