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Marybell
09-21-2006, 12:42 AM
Hi, I would be very grateful if you could help me identify
the poem "Byzantium."
I am reading a small book and it says:

Here now are the closing lines of Yeats's poem "Byzantium":
----poem----
Marbles of the dancing floor
Break bitter furies of complexity,
Those images that yet
Fresh images beget,
That dolphin-torn, that gong-tormented sea.
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As I know, Yeats has the poem named "Sailing to Byzantium."
I read it, but its closing lines are totally different from the one above.

(1) Did Yeats write the poem "Byzantium"?
(2) If not, whose poem is the one above?

I would appreciate it if any of you could help me.
Thank you.

Virgil
09-21-2006, 12:47 AM
There are two Yeats poems on the subject of Byzantium: Sailing to Byzantium" and "Byzantium." Check out the Google search: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=yeats+byzantium&btnG=Google+Search

Marybell
09-22-2006, 06:20 AM
Virgil, thank you very much for your help.
I should have checked the Google search.
Thank you again.