On Those That Hated The 'Playboy Of The Western World,' 1907

Portrait of William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats 1865–1939

Once, when midnight smote the air, Eunuchs ran through Hell and met On every crowded street to stare Upon great Juan riding by: Even like these to rail and sweat Staring upon his sinewy thigh.

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