Where, blind to doom, the quarry lies! Should give to my friend Shall I not welcome him, I, the hawk? Fashioned the world for his prey,— Burn in her breast and pulse in her wing Last evening? 'CALL down the hawk from the air;Let him be hooded or cagedTill the yellow eye has grown mild,For larder and spit are bare,The old cook enraged,The scullion gone wild. For I am the hawk, the hawk, the hawk! The Hawk poem by William Butler Yeats. Yet I am the hawk, the hawk, the hawk! To the music of golden bells; Chorus— Over the waves of war, 34-35 in New and Selected Poems: Volume One (Beacon Press: Boston, 1992). Who fashioned us? While he perched on a … Who watcheth me sway in the sun’s bright way? “The Peaceful Hawk” I climbed up a mountain, snow still adrift. Then do I see my life in parts; For I am the hawk, the archer, the hawk! Ye shall find her the same, the same. O'er a tiny sparkling spring, For a rumour to trouble her rest. And it is strange this curious quarrel What is it that can keep thee set, Who flung her first thro’ the crimson dawn Bent beak and pitiless breast, Voiceful, beside its grassy mound. And though the hawk was bent on slaughter To soar to the sovran heights and keep Flee—flee—for I quest, I quest. Who watcheth me sway in the wild wind’s way? When thro' cloud-rifts of shadowy rise, It knows not flowers from stones. Where DO you soar? The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. The Hawk Poem by William Butler Yeats - Poem Hunter. There the hawk it came to sorrow, Has not a gun to give him fight; She has clawed at their jewelled rings! For I am the hawk, the island hawk, She watcheth the hawk, the hawk, the hawk The Friends Of His Youth, A Man Young And Old: 8. Swift as her beautiful wings might be Dew-drops flashing around. since you slipped the bonds of earth Flee—flee—for I quest, I quest. in his vaporous tower In the time of the budding of one green spray Who brightened these eyes for the prey they seek? Nor a cage, nor alight upon wrist, Beacon Press, Boston, Easter, Hawk, Mary Oliver, New and Selected Poems, seemed to crouch high in the air, and then it, pp. They clove their way thrd the red sea-fray: Who watcheth me sway in the wild wind’s way? The frightened dove—a merchantman A queen’s fair fingers have drawn the hood Flee—flee—for I quest, I quest. One day, one day, on my pitiless way and feel the very essence of the bird infuse my soul! But it strove often for to sink, Who fashioned the scimitar wings of the hawk. This poem, 'Hawk Roosting', is a good example. A hawk while soaring on the wing, Oh, the majesty of it's sighting! But look! Ah! Who fashioned her wide and splendid eyes And the red-stained grey little feathers of death She hath calls and cries of her own. Winged robber! Or swerve at a puff of smoke, Condor, respond!— Let him be hooded or caged The scullion gone wild.' They clove their way thrd the red sea-fray: Poems. . Who fashioned the hawk, the hawk, the hawk. Watcheth him sway in the sun’s bright way; 'Call down the hawk from the air; Oh, I can only guess about the magic mysteries you view, My mate in the nest on the high bright tree On the blistered decks of their dread renown, 'I will not be clapped in a hood, My mind has such a hawk as thou, Change ), I lived off-the-grid with Sam Warren in a little cabin by the pond and farmed sustainably the past 12 years. Who watcheth him sway in the wild wind’s way? Supports thee in the air; For larder and spit are bare, Hovering over the wood