William Butler Yeats Poems (357 Poems)
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The White Birds (William Butler Yeats Poems)
I would that we were, my beloved, white birds on the foam of the sea! We tire of the flame of the meteor, before it can fade and flee; And the flame of the blue star of twilight, hung low … Continue reading
The Rose Of The World (William Butler Yeats Poems)
Who dreamed that beauty passes like a dream? For these red lips, with all their mournful pride, Mournful that no new wonder may betide, Troy passed away in one high funeral gleam, And Usna’s children died. We and the labouring … Continue reading
The Heart Of The Woman (William Butler Yeats Poems)
O what to me the little room That was brimmed up with prayer and rest; He bade me out into the gloom, And my breast lies upon his breast. O what to me my mother’s care, The house where I … Continue reading
The Song Of The Happy Shepherd (William Butler Yeats Poems)
The woods of Arcady are dead, And over is their antique joy; Of old the world on dreaming fed; Grey Truth is now her painted toy; Yet still she turns her restless head: But O, sick children of the world, … Continue reading
Upon A Dying Lady (William Butler Yeats Poems)
I Her Courtesy With the old kindness, the old distinguished grace, She lies, her lovely piteous head amid dull red hair propped upon pillows, rouge on the pallor of her face. She would not have us sad because she is … Continue reading
Cuchulan’s Fight With The Sea (William Butler Yeats Poems)
A man came slowly from the setting sun, To Emer, raddling raiment in her dun, And said, ‘I am that swineherd whom you bid Go watch the road between the wood and tide, But now I have no need to … Continue reading
The Scholars (William Butler Yeats Poems)
Would I could cast a sad on the water Where many a king has gone And many a king’s daughter, And alight at the comely trees and the lawn, The playing upon pipes and the dancing, And learn that the … Continue reading
Crazy Jane On God (William Butler Yeats Poems)
That lover of a night Came when he would, Went in the dawning light Whether I would or no; Men come, men go; All things remain in God. Banners choke the sky; Men-at-arms tread; Armoured horses neigh In the narrow … Continue reading
A Man Young And Old: XI. From Oedipus At Colonus (William Butler Yeats Poems)
Endure what life God gives and ask no longer span; Cease to remember the delights of youth, travel-wearied aged man; Delight becomes death-longing if all longing else be vain. Even from that delight memory treasures so, Death, despair, division of … Continue reading
The Three Beggars (William Butler Yeats Poems)
‘Though to my feathers in the wet, I have stood here from break of day. I have not found a thing to eat, For only rubbish comes my way. Am I to live on lebeen-lone?’ Muttered the old crane of … Continue reading
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