More from William Butler Yeats

  1. Words alone are certain good.
  2. Red Rose, proud Rose, sad Rose of all my days! Come near me, while I sing the ancient ways.
  3. 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…
  4. I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made: Nine bean-rows will I have there, a …
  5. Where dips the rocky highland Of Sleuth Wood in the lake, There lies a leafy island Where flapping herons wake The drowsy water rats; There…
  6. I will arise and go now, for always night and day I hear the lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore; While I stand on the roadway,…
  7. 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…
  8. A pity beyond all telling Is hid in the heart of love: The folk who are buying and selling, The clouds on their journey above, The cold wet…

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