| Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). Poetry: A Magazine of Verse. 1912–22. | | | | The Magi | | By William Butler Yeats |
| | | NOW as at all times I can see in the mind’s eye, | |
| In their stiff, painted clothes, the pale unsatisfied ones | |
| Appear and disappear in the blue depths of the sky | |
| With all their ancient faces like rain-beaten stones, | |
| And all their helms of silver hovering side by side, | 5 |
| And all their eyes still fixed, hoping to find once more, | |
| Being by Calvary’s turbulence unsatisfied, | |
| The uncontrollable mystery on the bestial floor. | | | | |
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