Never shall a young man, Thrown into despair By those great honey-coloured Ramparts at your ear, Love you for yourself alone And…

I went out alone To sing a song or two, My fancy on a man, And you know who. Another came in…

That is no country for old men. The young In one another’s arms, birds in the trees – Those dying generations –…

I have done it again. One year in every ten I manage it — A sort of walking miracle, my skin Bright…

Summer is fading: The leaves fall in ones and twos From trees bordering The new recreation ground. In the hollows of afternoons…

[1914-18] (‘The Honours of War’ – A Diversity of Creatures) These were our children who died for our lands; they were dear…

I’ve taken my fun where I’ve found it; I’ve rogued an’ I’ve ranged in my time; I’ve ‘ad my pickin’ o’ sweet’earts,…

The buzz saw snarled and rattled in the yard And made dust and dropped stove-length sticks of wood, Sweet-scented stuff when the…

Oh, talk not to me of a name great in story; The days of our youth are the days of our glory;…

‘Tis time this heart should be unmoved, Since others it hath ceased to move: Yet, though I cannot be beloved, Still let…