Behold that great Plotinus swim,
Buffeted by such seas;
Bland Rhadamanthus beckons him,
But the Golden Race looks dim,
Salt blood blocks his eyes.
Scattered on the level grass
Or winding through the grove
plato there and Minos pass,
There stately Pythagoras
And all the choir of Love.

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Poet: William Butler Yeats
Poem: The Delphic Oracle Upon Plotinus
Volume: The Winding Stair and Other Poems
Year: Published/Written in 1933
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