William Butler Yeats Poems (357 Poems)
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Brown Penny (William Butler Yeats Poems)
I whispered, ‘I am too young,’ And then, ‘I am old enough’; Wherefore I threw a penny To find out if I might love. ‘Go and love, go and love, young man, If the lady be young and fair.’ Ah, … Continue reading
Among School Children (William Butler Yeats Poems)
I I walk through the long schoolroom questioning; A kind old nun in a white hood replies; The children learn to cipher and to sing, To study reading-books and histories, To cut and sew, be neat in everything In the … Continue reading
Down By The Salley Gardens (William Butler Yeats Poems)
Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet; She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet. She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree; But I, being young and foolish, with … Continue reading
What Was Lost (William Butler Yeats Poems)
I sing what was lost and dread what was won, I walk in a battle fought over again, My king a lost king, and lost soldiers my men; Feet to the Rising and Setting may run, They always beat on … Continue reading
The Sad Shepherd (William Butler Yeats Poems)
There was a man whom Sorrow named his Friend, And he, of his high comrade Sorrow dreaming, Went walking with slow steps along the gleaming And humming Sands, where windy surges wend: And he called loudly to the stars to … Continue reading
Remorse For Intemperate Speech (William Butler Yeats Poems)
I ranted to the knave and fool, But outgrew that school, Would transform the part, Fit audience found, but cannot rule My fanatic heart. I sought my betters: though in each Fine manners, liberal speech, Turn hatred into sport, Nothing … Continue reading
He Wishes For The Cloths Of Heaven (William Butler Yeats Poems)
Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half-light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, … Continue reading
Easter, 1916 (William Butler Yeats Poems)
I have met them at close of day Coming with vivid faces From counter or desk among grey Eighteenth-century houses. I have passed with a nod of the head Or polite meaningless words, Or have lingered awhile and said Polite … Continue reading
A Drinking Song (William Butler Yeats Poems)
Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That’s all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die. I lift the glass to my mouth, I look at you, and I sigh. … Continue reading
Politics (William Butler Yeats Poems)
‘In our time the destiny of man prevents its meanings in political terms.’ — Thomas Mann. How can I, that girl standing there, My attention fix On Roman or on Russian Or on Spanish politics? Yet here’s a travelled man … Continue reading
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