Poems by William Butler Yeats

Poems by William Butler Yeats

The Young Man's Song, by William Butler Yeats

I whispered, "I am too young,"
And then, "I am old enough";
Wherefore I threw a penny
To ...

The Living Beauty, by William Butler Yeats

I'll say and maybe dream I have drawn content—Seeing that time has frozen up the blood,The wick o...

The Rose of Battle, by William Butler Yeats

Rose of all Roses, Rose of all the World!The tall thought-woven sails, that flap unfurledAbove th...

Aedh Tells of the Perfect Beauty, by William Butler Yeats

O cloud-pale eyelids, dream-dimmed eyes,The poets labouring all their daysTo build a perfect beau...

The Lover Pleads with His Friend for Old Friends, by William Butler Yeats

Though you are in your shining days,Voices among the crowdAnd new friends busy with your praise,B...

The Cold Heaven , by William Butler Yeats

Suddenly I saw the cold and rook-delighting heavenThat seemed as though ice burned and was but th...

Galway Races , by William Butler Yeats

There where the racecourse isDelight makes all of the one mindThe riders upon the swift horsesThe...

A Deep-Sworn Vow , by William Butler Yeats

Others because you did not keepThat deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine;Yet always when I lo...

The Everlasting Voices, by William Butler Yeats

O sweet everlasting Voices be still; Go to the guards of the heavenly fold And bid them wander ob...