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"Fils du peintre John Butler Yeats, William Butler Yeats, est un poète et dramaturge irlandais, né le 13 juin 1865 à Sandymount (Dublin) et mort le 28 janvier 1939 à Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, en France. Yeats est l'un des instigateurs du renouveau de la littérature irlandaise et co-fondateur, avec Lady Gregory, de l'Abbey Theatre. Il reçut le prix Nobel de littérature en 1923." (La suite sur
Wikipédia)
Voici deux extraits:
He Wishes for the Cloths of HeavenHad I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
The Song of Wandering AengusI went out to the hazel wood,
Because a fire was in my head,
And cut and peeled a hazel wand,
And hooked a berry to a thread;
And when white moths were on the wing,
And moth-like stars were flickering out,
I dropped the berry in a stream
And caught a little silver trout.
When I had laid it on the floor
I went to blow the fire aflame,
But something rustled on the floor,
And some one called me by my name:
It had become a glimmering girl
With apple blossom in her hair
Who called me by my name and ran
And faded through the brightening air.
Though I am old with wandering
Through hollow lads and hilly lands.
I will find out where she has gone,
And kiss her lips and take her hands;
And walk among long dappled grass,
And pluck till time and times are done
The silver apples of the moon,
The golden apples of the sun.
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