in 1888. It was published first in the?National Observer?in 1890. It was One of Yeatss earlier poems, and it was an attempt to create a form of poetry that was?Irish?in origin rather than adhering to the standards set by?English poets?and critics. The poem, unlike many others from ...
went darker, brightened in their clustered stars. The chilled air smelled of wood smoke, of distances and passing time. Frost glimmered on the morning fields. Crows called across the pewter