by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)
Crazy Jane reproved
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Language: English
I care not what the sailors say: All those dreadful thunder-stones, All that storm that blots the day Can but show that Heaven yawns; Great Europa played the fool That changed a lover for a bull. Fol de rol, fol de rol. To round that shell's elaborate whorl, Adorning every secret track With the delicate mother-of-pearl, Made the joints of Heaven crack: So never hang your heart upon A roaring, ranting journeyman. Fol de rol, fol de rol.
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First published in London Mercury, November 1930
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First published in London Mercury, November 1930
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- by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), "Crazy Jane reproved" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
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