...innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? —WB Yeats, The Second Coming We have met the enemy and he is us. —Pogo THE PROBLEMS MANY PEOPLE...

...exemplifies the genre. The title comes from the last two lines of Yeats's poem "The Second Coming": "And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, / Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?" Bork's use of the poem will not commend itself to lovers of poetry and language — this in a book...

...possibility of Christianity! It is significant that he does not quote the next and last lines of Yeats' poem: And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? His hope is in civilization, but it is clearly shown, especially in his treatment of the Reformation,...

...roll, and wise heads were already past-tensing it as the fad they'd always desperately hoped it was. And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?2 a The city sprouts like a huge organism, diseased in every part, the beautiful thoroughfares...

...muro di casa. Non è pazzesco tutto questo? Non è questo, per dirlo con William Butler Yeats: . . .rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to he born? Non possiamo, noi europei, porre fine a tutto questo grazie a quell'abnegazione ea quel tanto...

...email." 47 And so the beast continues its journey undeterred - not to Bethlehem, but to Tunis - 2005. The darkness drops again; but now I know That twenty...round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? WB Yeats. The Second Coming. Appendix 1: WSIS Fund Donations Contributions Received as of May 31, 2003...

...toward humankind. At one time the world had destroyed itself to such a point that Christians . . . but now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep...round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? The use of the birthplace of Christ indicates that this second coming will feature an Antichrist, a...

...the returning Jesus as a monster with a 'gaze blank and pitiless as the sun'. The poem concludes: ... now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were...round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? (Ricks, 1999. p. 525) This powerful and disturbing evocation of the disruptive potential of religion...

...the returning Jesus as a monster with a 'gaze blank and pitiless as the sun'. The poem concludes: ... now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were...come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to IK' born? (Ricks. 1999. p. 525) This powerful and disturbing evocation of the disruptive potential...

...poem The Second Coming looks at the changes taking place in the world at the close of World War I: And what rough beast its hour come round at last slouches towards Bethlehem to be born. (Fineran, 1989:187) Petals of Blood is divided as follows: * Part One: Walking ^ Part Two: Towards...