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A Prayer For My Son by William Butler Yeats
Bid a strong ghost stand at the head
That my Michael may sleep sound,
Nor cry, nor turn in the bed..
A Poet To His Beloved by William Butler Yeats
I bring you with reverent hands
The books of my numberless dreams,
White woman that passion has wo..
A Last Confession by William Butler Yeats
What lively lad most pleasured me
Of all that with me lay?
I answer that I gave my soul
And loved..
All Souls' Night by William Butler Yeats
Epilogue to "A Vision’
MIDNIGHT has come, and the great Christ Church Bell
And may a lesser bell..
A Man Young And Old: II. Human Dignity by William Butler Yeats
Like the moon her kindness is,
If kindness I may call
What has no comprehension in’t,
But is the..
Are You Content? by William Butler Yeats
I call on those that call me son,
Grandson, or great-grandson,
On uncles, aunts, great-uncles or g..
At Algeciras - A Meditaton Upon Death by William Butler Yeats
The heron-billed pale cattle-birds
That feed on some foul parasite
Of the Moroccan flocks and herd..
A Cradle Song by William Butler Yeats
The angels are stooping
Above your bed;
They weary of trooping
With the whimpering dead.
God’s..
A Drunken Man's Praise Of Sobriety by William Butler Yeats
Come swish around, my pretty punk,
And keep me dancing still
That I may stay a sober man
Although..
A Drinking Song by William Butler Yeats
Wine comes in at the mouth
And love comes in at the eye;
That’s all we shall know for truth
Befor..
A Crazed Girl by William Butler Yeats
That crazed girl improvising her music.
Her poetry, dancing upon the shore,
Her soul in division f..
A Dialogue Of Self And Soul by William Butler Yeats
My Soul. I summon to the winding ancient stair;
Set all your mind upon the steep ascent,
Upon the..
A Prayer For Old Age by William Butler Yeats
God guard me from those thoughts men think
In the mind alone;
He that sings a lasting song
Thinks..
After Long Silence by William Butler Yeats
Speech after long silence; it is right,
All other lovers being estranged or dead,
Unfriendly lampl..
An Acre Of Grass by William Butler Yeats
Picture and book remain,
An acre of green grass
For air and exercise,
Now strength of body goes;
..
Among School Children by William Butler Yeats
I
I walk through the long schoolroom questioning;
A kind old nun in a white hood replies;
The c..
Adam's Curse by William Butler Yeats
We sat together at one summer’s end,
That beautiful mild woman, your close friend,
And you and I..
A Prayer For My Daughter by William Butler Yeats
Once more the storm is howling, and half hid
Under this cradle-hood and coverlid
My child sleeps o..
An Irish Airman Forsees His Death by William Butler Yeats
I know that I shall meet my fate
Somewhere among the clouds above;
Those that I fight I do not hat..
A Song From 'The Player Queen' by William Butler Yeats
My mother dandled me and sang,
’How young it is, how young!’
And made a golden cradle
That on a w..
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