William Butler Yeats (Уильям Батлер Йейтс)

The Three Monuments

They hold their public meetings where
Our most renowned patriots stand,
One among the birds of the air,
A stumpier on either hand;
And all the popular statesmen say
That purity built up the state
And after kept it from decay;
Admonish us to cling to that
And let all base ambition be,
For intellect would make us proud
And pride bring in impurity:
The three old rascals laugh aloud.

1. Fallen Majesty
2. The Mask
3. In Memory of Major Robert Gregory
4. The Living Beauty
5. Two Songs from a Play

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