Literature
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The Scholars by William Butler Yeats
Bald heads forgetful of their sins,Old, learned, respectable bald headsEdit and annotate the linesThat young men, tossing on their beds,Rhymed…
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The Saint And The Hunchback by William Butler Yeats
Hunchback. Stand up and lift your hand and blessA man that finds great bitternessIn thinking of his lost renown.A Roman…
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The Sad Shepherd by William Butler Yeats
Shepherd That crys from the first cuckoo of the yearI wished before it ceased. Goatherd Nor bird nor beastCould make…
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The Rose Tree by William Butler Yeats
“O words are lightly spoken,”Said Pearse to Connolly,“Maybe a breath of politic wordsHas withered our Rose Tree;Or maybe but a…
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The Rose Of The World by William Butler Yeats
Who dreamed that beauty passes like a dream?For these red lips, with all their mournful pride,Mournful that no new wonder…
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The Rose Of Peace by William Butler Yeats
If Michael, leader of God’s hostWhen Heaven and Hell are met,Looked down on you from Heaven’s door-postHe would his deeds…
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The Rose Of Battle by William Butler Yeats
Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World!The tall thought-woven sails, that flap unfurledAbove the tide of hours, trouble…
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The Results Of Thought by William Butler Yeats
Acquaintance; companion;One dear brilliant woman;The best-endowed, the elect,All by their youth undone,All, all, by that inhumanBitter glory wrecked.But I have…
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The Realists by William Butler Yeats
Hope that you may understand!What can books of men that wiveIn a dragon-guarded land,Paintings of the dolphin-drawnSea-nymphs in their pearly…
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There by William Butler Yeats
There all the barrel-hoops are knit,There all the serpent-tails are bit,There all the gyres converge in one,There all the planets…
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