King and No King
Would it were anything but merely voice! The No King cried who after that was King, Because he had not heard of anything That balanced with a word is more than noise; Yet Old Romance being kind, let him prevail Somewhere or somehow that I have forgot, Though hed but cannon, Whereas we that had thought To have lit upon as clean and sweet a tale Have been defeated by that pledge you gave In momentary anger long ago; And I that have not your faith, how shall I know That in the blinding light beyond the grave Well find so good a thing as that we have lost? The hourly kindness, the days common speech, The habitual content of each with each When neither soul nor body has been crossed.
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"Would it were anything but merely voice!..."
Exploring the themes of classic, William Butler Yeats delivers a powerful performance in "King and No King"... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...