by Kerrin Ross Monahan The Second Coming—William Butler Yeats 1920-21(Refers to the promised return of Christ on Doomsday, the end of the world.) Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of … Continue reading Library Check Out: Things Fall Apart