Sailing to Byzantium
90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
'Under bare Ben Bulben's head
In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid.
An ancestor was rector there
Long years ago, a church stands near,
By the road an ancient cross.
No marble, no conventional phrase;
On limestone quarried near the spot
By his command these words are cut-
Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by!'
Author: W B Yeats
Format: Paperback, 112 pages, 110mm x 179mm, 73 g
Published: 2025, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Poetry Texts & Poetry Anthologies
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90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books
'Under bare Ben Bulben's head
In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid.
An ancestor was rector there
Long years ago, a church stands near,
By the road an ancient cross.
No marble, no conventional phrase;
On limestone quarried near the spot
By his command these words are cut-
Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by!'
Sailing to Byzantium