Yeats in decline
The beauty of things
necessary as the rose
or the eyes of a child
sufficient in their being
in need of no explanation
Every thought every thing
fit for use in the poem
that endows every aspect
with the intensity of life
What is seen and felt
and is expressed
in transcendent
confidential language
Inspiration is breath
that animates
that brings to life
An old man with a stick
beats at the door
and we recognise his face
and value his gesture
John Lyons