A Meditation In Time Of War

William Butler Yeats

FOR one throb of the artery,
While on that old grey stone I Sat
Under the old wind-broken tree,
I knew that One is animate,
Mankind inanimate fantasy'.

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• William Butler Yeats : A Man Young And Old: Vii. The Friends Of His Youth
• William Butler Yeats : A Man Young And Old: Vi. His Memories
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• William Butler Yeats : A Man Young And Old: Ix. The Secrets Of The Old
• William Butler Yeats : A Man Young And Old: Iv. The Death Of The Hare
• William Butler Yeats : A Man Young And Old: Iii. The Mermaid
• William Butler Yeats : A Man Young And Old: Ii. Human Dignity