W.B.Yeats (1865-1939), 1900 – painted by his father, John Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats was born in Sandymount in County Dublin, Ireland on this day.
See here and here for earlier W.B.Yeats birthday postings
Here’s Allen’s 1964 poem (from Planet News)
After Yeats
Now incense fills the air
and delight follows delight,
quiet supper in the carpet room,
music twangling from the Orient to my ear,
old friends at rest on bright mattresses
old paintings on the wall, old poetry
thought anew, laughing at a mystic toy
statue painted gold, tea on the white table.