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The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Surely some revelation is at hand;
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And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?|''[[William Butler Yeats]]''}}
<br />[[William Butler Yeats]]' most famous poem. It is NOT about [[The End of the World as We Know It|the Apocalypse]] and the [[Self-Demonstrating Article|second coming of Christ]]-- rather, it's a window in Yeats's own cosmology and worldview, predicting the fall of the Christian world order and the rising of a new empire. It was written just after [[World War One]], the failed Irish Rising (in which Yeats lost several close friends), and the Russian Revolution (which [[Shell-Shocked Veteran|probably explains a lot]]
Incidentally, it's considered one of Yeats' best works and is [[Small Reference Pools|referenced endlessly]] in all forms of pop culture.
Widely considered one of the most definitive examples of Modernist poetry.
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