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The Wild Swans at Coole
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W.B. Yeats
(18651939).
The Wild Swans at Coole.
1919.
3.
An Irish Airman foresees his Death
I
KNOW
that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hate
Those that I guard I do not love;
My country is Kiltartan Cross,
5
My countrymen Kiltartans poor,
No likely end could bring them loss
Or leave them happier than before.
Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,
Nor public man, nor cheering crowds,
10
A lonely impulse of delight
Drove to this tumult in the clouds;
I balanced all, brought all to mind,
The years to come seemed waste of breath,
A waste of breath the years behind
15
In balance with this life, this death.
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