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    Byzantium

    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.
    -------------

    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.

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    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...=Google+Search
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    Virgil, thank you very much for your help.
    I should have checked the Google search.
    Thank you again.

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