Wild Flowers Of August

In The Seven Woods

I have heard the pigeons of the Seven Woods
Make their faint thunder, and the garden bees
Hum in the lime-tree flowers; and put away
The unavailing outcries and the old bitterness
That empty the heart. I have forgot awhile
Tara uprooted, and new commonness
Upon the throne and crying about the streets
And hanging its paper flowers from post to post,
Because it is alone of all things happy.
I am contented, for I know that Quiet
Wanders laughing and eating her wild heart
Among pigeons and bees, while that Great Archer,
Who but awaits His hour to shoot, still hangs
A cloudy quiver over Pairc-na-lee.

August 1902

Written by: William Butler Yeats

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2 thoughts on “Wild Flowers Of August

  1. Beautiful photos Paula. I particularly like the third one (I’m much better at looking at flowers than identifying them.) The saturation of the colors is fantastic. ~James

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