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The Circus Animal Desertion by William Butler Yeats
I sought a theme and sought for it in vain,I sought it daily for six weeks or so.Maybe at last,…
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The Choice by William Butler Yeats
The intellect of man is forced to chooseperfection of the life, or of the work,And if it take the second…
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The Chambermaids Second Song by William Butler Yeats
From pleasure of the bed,Dull as a worm,His rod and its butting headLimp as a worm,His spirit that has fledBlind…
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The Chambermaids First Song by William Butler Yeats
How came this rangerNow sunk in rest,Stranger with strangcr.On my cold breast?What’s left to Sigh for?Strange night has come;God’s love…
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The Cat And The Moon by William Butler Yeats
The cat went here and thereAnd the moon spun round like a top,And the nearest kin of the moonThe creeping…
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The Cap And Bells by William Butler Yeats
The jester walked in the garden:The garden had fallen still;He bade his soul rise upwardAnd stand on her window-sill. It…
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The Blessed by William Butler Yeats
Cumhal called out, bending his head,Till Dathi came and stood,With a blink in his eyes at the cave mouth,Between the…
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The Black Tower by William Butler Yeats
Say that the men of the old black tower,Though they but feed as the goatherd feeds,Their money spent, their wine…
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The Balloon Of The Mind by William Butler Yeats
Hands, do what youre bid;Bring the balloon of the mindThat bellies and drags in the windInto its narrow shed.
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The Ballad Of The Foxhunter by William Butler Yeats
‘Lay me in a cushioned chair;Carry me, ye four,With cushions here and cushions there,To see the world once more. ‘To…
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