What then?
W. B. Yeats’ poem “What Then?” appears in his 1938 collection “New Poems”, published the year before his death.
William Butler Yeats was born on 13 June 1865 in Sandymount, Ireland, and he died on 28 January 1939 in Menton, France, at the age of 73.A poet, dramatist, and writer, Yeats was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the Irish literary revival and became a pillar of the Irish literary establishment, helping to found the Abbey Theatre. In his later years, he served two terms as a senator of the Irish Free State.
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His chosen comrades thought at school He must grow a famous man; He thought the same and lived by rule, All his twenties crammed with toil; “What then?” sang Plato’s ghost. “What then?”
Everything he wrote was read, After certain years he won Sufficient money for his need, Friends that have been friends indeed; “What then?” sang Plato’s ghost. “What then?”
All his happier dreams came true — A small old house, wife, daughter, son, Grounds where plum and cabbage grew, Poets and Wits about him drew; “What then?” sang Plato’s ghost. “What then?”
“The work is done,” grown old he thought, “According to my boyish plan; Let the fools rage, I swerved in naught, Something to perfection brought”; But louder sang that ghost, “What then?”