# Sailing to Byzantium

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- Book: [Sailing to Byzantium](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-butler-yeats/sailing-to-byzantium) ([Sailing to Byzantium.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-butler-yeats/sailing-to-byzantium.md))
- Authors: [William Butler](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-butler-yeats)
- Publisher: Penguin Classics
- ISBN: 978-02-4174-698-1
- Pages: 112
- Published: 2025-04-17
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

‘Under bare Ben Bulben’s head In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid. An ancestor was rector there Long years ago, a church stands near, By the road an ancient cross. No marble, no conventional phrase; On limestone quarried near the spot By his command these words are cut: Cast a cold eye On life, on death. Horseman, pass by! ’