 ... shape with lion body and the head of a man, A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun, Is moving its slow thighs, while all about it Reel shadows of the indignant desert birds. The darkness drops again; but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep...  The Future of Counselling and Psychotherapy - Stran 16avtor: Stephen Palmer Ved P. Varma - 1997 - 208 straniOmejen predogled - O knjigi
 | William Butler Yeats - 1922 - 390 strani
...but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born ? \ A PRAYER FOR MY DAUGHTER ONCE more the storm is howling and half hid ' d. Under this cradle-hood... | |
 | William Butler Yeats - 2001 - 612 strani
...now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, 20 And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? A Prayer for my Daughter0 Once more the storm is howling, and half hid Under this cradle-hood and coverlid... | |
 | Frances Mayes - 2001 - 548 strani
...but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? 'Spiritus Mundi: Latin for "The Spirit of the World." AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN (William Butler Yeats,... | |
 | Richard J. Finneran - 2001 - 314 strani
...antithetical gyre was instead symbolised by the beast's awaking after twenty centuries of stony sleep: And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be bom? (P 187) Thus, the birth of a new Christ was revealed by the "active rising" of the beast towards... | |
 | Stuart Christie - 2002 - 266 strani
...but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?' WB Yeats contentious issue of locating US Polaris bases in Scotland. I quickly learned that the politics... | |
 | William Butler Yeats - 2002 - 58 strani
...but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? gyre — spiraling circle, suggesting the passage of time anarchy — state of extreme disorder blood-dimmed... | |
 | C. FitzSimons Allison - 2003 - 184 strani
...Christianity! It is significant that he does not quote the next and last lines of Yeats' poem: And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? His hope is in civilization, but it is clearly shown, especially in his treatment of the Reformation,... | |
 | Stephen Young - 2003 - 248 strani
...innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? —WB Yeats, The Second Coming We have met the enemy and he is us. —Pogo THE PROBLEMS MANY PEOPLE... | |
 | Linda Jones, Sophie Stanes - 2003 - 240 strani
...but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? WBYeats CHR1S COLE Chris Cole works for the Campaign Against Arms Trade as Local Network Coordinator.... | |
 | Gordana Yovanovich - 2003 - 236 strani
...but now I know That twenty centuries of stone sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle, And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? Like García Márquez in One Hundred Years of Solitude, the Irish poet suggested that the modern world... | |
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