No Second Troy

Why should I blame her that she filled my days
With misery, or that she would of late
Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways,
Or hurled the little streets upon the great,
Had they but courage equal to desire?
What could have made her peaceful with a mind
That nobleness made simple as a fire,
With beauty like a tightened bow, a kind
That is not natural in an age like this,
Being high and solitary and most stern?
Why, what could she have done, being as she is?
Was there another Troy for her to burn?

Notes:

Line 1: "her": Maud Gonne, an passionate Irish nationalist, that Yeats was in love in with though he disagreed with her politics.

Line 12. "Troy": Helen of Troy was the original cause of the war of Troy.