William Butler Yeats
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On Woman by William Butler Yeats
May God be praised for womanThat gives up all her mind,A man may find in no manA friendship of her…
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On Those That Hated “The Playboy Of The Western World” by William Butler Yeats
Once, when midnight smote the air,Eunuchs ran through Hell and metOn every crowded street to stareUpon great Juan riding by:Even…
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On Being Asked For A War Poem by William Butler Yeats
I think it better that in times like theseA poet keep his mouth shut, for in truthWe have no gift…
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On A Political Prisoner by William Butler Yeats
She that but little patience knew,From childhood on, had now so muchA grey gull lost its fear and flewDown to…
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On A Picture Of A Black Centaur By Edmund Dulac by William Butler Yeats
Your hooves have stamped at the black margin of the wood,Even where horrible green parrots call and swing.My works are…
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Old Memory by William Butler Yeats
O thought, fly to her when the end of dayAwakens an old memory, and say,“Your strength, that is so lofty…
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Oil And Blood by William Butler Yeats
In tombs of gold and lapis lazuliBodies of holy men and women exudeMiraculous oil, odour of violet.But under heavy loads…
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Colonus Praise by William Butler Yeats
(Chorus.) Come praise Colonus’ horses, and come praiseThe wine-dark of the wood’s intricacies,The nightingale that deafens daylight there,If daylight ever…
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Colonel Martin by William Butler Yeats
The Colonel went out sailing,He spoke with Turk and Jew,With Christian and with Infidel,For all tongues he knew.“O what’s a…
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O Do Not Love Too Long by William Butler Yeats
Sweetheart, do not love too long:I loved long and long,And grew to be out of fashionLike an old song.All through…
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