She might, so noble from head
To great shapely knees
The long flowing line,
Have walked to the altar
Through the holy images
At pallas Athene's Side,
Or been fit spoil for a centaur
Drunk with the unmixed wine.

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Poet: William Butler Yeats
Poem: A Thought From Propertius
Volume: The Wild Swans at Coole
Year: Published/Written in 1919
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Dec 22 2003
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