Sri Aurobindo

Letters of Sri Aurobindo

CWSA 27

Fragment ID: 7024

Yeats and A. E. [2]

The depths of A. E. are greater than those of Yeats, assuredly. His suggestiveness must therefore be profounder. In this poem [Sibyl] which you have translated very beautifully, his power of expression, always penetrating, simple and direct, is at its best and his best can be miraculously perfect.