More from William Butler Yeats

  1. 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 …
  2. Hands, do what you're bid: Bring the balloon of the mind That bellies and drags in the wind Into its narrow shed.
  3. All shuffle there; all cough in ink; All wear the carpet with their shoes; All think what other people think; All know the man their neighb…
  4. We have lit upon the gentle, sensitive mind And lost the old nonchalance of the hand; Whether we have chosen chisel, pen or brush, We are b…
  5. I know what wages beauty gives, How hard a life her servant lives, Yet praise the winters gone: There is not a fool can call me friend, And…
  6. Minnaloushe creeps through the grass Alone, important and wise, And lifts to the changing moon His changing eyes.
  7. I know that I shall meet my fate Somewhere among the clouds above; Those that I fight I do not hate, Those that I guard I do not love; My c…
  8. Opinion is not worth a rush.

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