{"id":457,"date":"2017-03-26T15:16:30","date_gmt":"2017-03-26T15:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/?p=457"},"modified":"2017-03-26T15:17:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-26T15:17:13","slug":"the-white-birds-poem-by-w-b-yeats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/the-white-birds-poem-by-w-b-yeats\/","title":{"rendered":"The White Birds &#8211; Poem by W. B. Yeats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Poem 85 - 100 days of poetry<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The White Birds - Poem By William Butler Yeats by Rob Goll\" width=\"525\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F314546715&show_artwork=true&maxheight=788&maxwidth=525\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nI would that we were, my beloved, white birds on the foam of the sea!<br \/>\nWe tire of the flame of the meteor, before it can fade and flee;<br \/>\nAnd the flame of the blue star of twilight, hung low on the rim of the sky,<br \/>\nHas awaked in our hearts, my beloved, a sadness that may not die.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A weariness comes from those dreamers, dew dabbled, the lily and rose;<br \/>\nAh, dream not of them, my beloved, the flame of the meteor that goes,<br \/>\nOr the flame of the blue star that lingers hung low in the fall of the dew:<br \/>\nFor I would we were changed to white birds on the wandering foam: I and you!<\/p>\n<p>I am haunted by numberless islands, and many a Danaan shore,<br \/>\nWhere Time would surely forget us, and Sorrow come near us no more;<br \/>\nSoon far from the rose and the lily, and fret of the flames would we be,<br \/>\nWere we only white birds, my beloved, buoyed out on the foam of the sea!<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.robgoll.com%2Fcontent%2Faudio-recordings%2Fthe-white-birds-poem-by-w-b-yeats%2F&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/the-white-birds-poem-by-w-b-yeats\/\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/the-white-birds-poem-by-w-b-yeats\/\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/the-white-birds-poem-by-w-b-yeats\/\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poem 85 &#8211; 100 days of poetry I would that we were, my beloved, white birds on the foam of the sea! 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