그의 시에서 ‘swan'으로 상징되는 모드 곤을 신화 속에서 찾아보자.Leda and the SwanA sudden blow: the great wings beating still ... not a thing is done,For every hand is lunaticThat travels on the moon.She smiled and that transfigured ... of flesh and blood.But since I laid a handthereonAnd found a heart of stoneI have attempted many thingsAnd
day: 언젠가 내가 죽어서 영적인 존재로 눈을 뜰 때.Leda and the Swan - William Butler YeatsA sudden blow: the great wings ... from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a ... to sing,To study reading-books and history,To cut and sew, be neat in everythingIn the best modern way
Maud Gonne의 젊은 날의 모습을 Helen(Ledaean body/ daughters of theswan)에 비유한다. ... 흐르는 세월 앞에 그녀는 어느새 늙고 야윈 모습(Hollow of cheek as though it drank the wind/ And took a mess of shadows for ... (Better to smile on all that smile, and show/ There is a comfortable kind of old scarecrow)이제 Yeats는