William Butler Yeats Poems (357 Poems)
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Old Memory (William Butler Yeats Poems)
O thought, fly to her when the end of day Awakens an old memory, and say, ‘Your strength, that is so lofty and fierce and kind, It might call up a new age, calling to mind The queens that were … Continue reading
A Man Young And Old: I. First Love (William Butler Yeats Poems)
Though nurtured like the sailing moon In beauty’s murderous brood, She walked awhile and blushed awhile And on my pathway stood Until I thought her body bore A heart of flesh and blood. But since I laid a hand thereon … Continue reading
A Man Young And Old: III. The Mermaid (William Butler Yeats Poems)
A mermaid found a swimming lad, Picked him for her own, Pressed her body to his body, Laughed; and plunging down Forgot in cruel happiness That even lovers drown. (William Butler Yeats)
The Cloak, The Boat And The Shoes (William Butler Yeats Poems)
‘What do you make so fair and bright?’ ‘I make the cloak of Sorrow: O lovely to see in all men’s sight Shall be the cloak of Sorrow, In all men’s sight.’ ‘What do you build with sails for flight?’ … Continue reading
A First Confession (William Butler Yeats Poems)
I admit the briar Entangled in my hair Did not injure me; My blenching and trembling, Nothing but dissembling, Nothing but coquetry. I long for truth, and yet I cannot stay from that My better self disowns, For a man’s … Continue reading
Three Marching Songs (William Butler Yeats Poems)
I Remember all those renowned generations, They left their bodies to fatten the wolves, They left their homesteads to fatten the foxes, Fled to far countries, or sheltered themselves In cavern, crevice, or hole, Defending Ireland’s soul. Be still, be … Continue reading
Reconciliation (William Butler Yeats Poems)
Some may have blamed you that you took away The verses that could move them on the day When, the ears being deafened, the sight of the eyes blind With lightning, you went from me, and I could find Nothing … Continue reading
Lines Written In Dejection (William Butler Yeats Poems)
When have I last looked on The round green eyes and the long wavering bodies Of the dark leopards of the moon? All the wild witches, those most noble ladies, For all their broom-sticks and their tears, Their angry tears, … Continue reading
The Cap And Bells (William Butler Yeats Poems)
The jester walked in the garden: The garden had fallen still; He bade his soul rise upward And stand on her window-sill. It rose in a straight blue garment, When owls began to call: It had grown wise-tongued by thinking … Continue reading
Three Things (William Butler Yeats Poems)
`O cruel Death, give three things back,’ Sang a bone upon the shore; `A child found all a child can lack, Whether of pleasure or of rest, Upon the abundance of my breast’: A bone wave-whitened and dried in the … Continue reading
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