Before The World Was Made Poem by William Butler Yeats

Before The World Was Made

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If I make the lashes dark
And the eyes more bright
And the lips more scarlet,
Or ask if all be right
From mirror after mirror,
No vanity's displayed:
I'm looking for the face I had
Before the world was made.

What if I look upon a man
As though on my beloved,
And my blood be cold the while
And my heart unmoved?
Why should he think me cruel
Or that he is betrayed?
I'd have him love the thing that was
Before the world was made.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Fabrizio Frosini 31 May 2016

Love this passage: '' I'm looking for the face I had / Before the world was made. '' '' Cerco il volto che ebbi / prima che il mondo venisse creato ''

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Elisha Wilson 13 January 2015

An extraordinary piece!

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Brian Jani 05 May 2014

Very creative poem

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