I have looked upon those brilliant creatures, And now my heart is sore. All's changed since I, hearing at twilight, The first time on this shore, The bell-beat of their wings above my head, Trod with a lighter tread.
W. B. Yeats
Where these words come from
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- The Wild Swans at Coole, stanza 3 (1919 collection); Exact wording and attribution checked. Complete stanza. The brilliant creatures are the swans; the poet contrasts their return with his own aging.
- The Wild Swans at Coole, stanza 3 (1919 collection)
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