Atavism

Deep in the jungle vast and dim,

That knew not a white man’s feet,

I smelt the odour of sun-warmed fur,

Musky, savage, and sweet.

Far it was from the huts of men

And the grass where Sambur feed;

I threw a stone at a Kadapu tree

That bled as a man might bleed.

Scent of fur and colour of blood:–

And the long dead instincts rose,

I followed the lure of my season’s mate,–

And flew, bare-fanged, at my foes.

Pale days: and a league of laws

Made by the whims of men.

Would I were back with my furry cubs

In the dusk of a jungle den.

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• Never Give All The Heart by William Butler Yeats by William Butler Yeats
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• Model For The Laureate by William Butler Yeats by William Butler Yeats
• Michael Robartes And The Dancer by William Butler Yeats by William Butler Yeats
• Men Improve With The Years by William Butler Yeats by William Butler Yeats
• Memory by William Butler Yeats by William Butler Yeats
• Meeting by William Butler Yeats by William Butler Yeats
• Meditations In Time Of Civil War by William Butler Yeats by William Butler Yeats
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• Blood And The Moon by William Butler Yeats by William Butler Yeats
• Before The World Was Made by William Butler Yeats by William Butler Yeats
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