William Butler Yeats

1865-1939 / Male / Irish
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A Drinking SongWine comes in at the mouth / And love comes in at the eye; / That's all we shall know for truth / Be
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Blood And The MoonBLESSED be this place, / More blessed still this tower; / A bloody, arrogant power / Rose out of the
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The Stare's Nest by My WindowThe bees build in the crevices / Of loosening masonry, and there / The mother birds bring grubs and
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The Sorrow of LoveThe quarrel of the sparrows in the eaves, / The full round moon and the star-laden sky, / And the lo
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The Mask"PUT off that mask of burning gold / With emerald eyes." / "O no, my dear, you make so bold / To fin
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The Rose Of PeaceIF Michael, leader of God's host / When Heaven and Hell are met, / Looked down on you from Heaven's
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Her AnxietyEarth in beauty dressed / Awaits returning spring. / All true love must die, / Alter at the best / I
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Roger CasementI SAY that Roger Casement / Did what he had to do. / He died upon the gallows, / But that is nothing
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A Man Young And Old: III. The MermaidA mermaid found a swimming lad, / Picked him for her own, / Pressed her body to his body, / Laughed;
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ReconciliationSOME may have blamed you that you took away / The verses that could move them on the day / When, the
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