its hour come round at last
The darkness drops again; but now I know
That twenty centuries of stony sleep
Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle,
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
-- W.B. Yeats: The Second Coming
To read the entire poem, click here.
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]
<< Home