(13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939 / County Dublin / Ireland)

poet William Butler Yeats
#15 on top 500 poets

Poems of William Butler Yeats

321. The Sorrow Of Love 5/17/2001
322. The Spirit Medium 5/17/2001
323. The Spur 5/17/2001
324. The Statesman's Holiday 5/17/2001
325. The Statues 5/17/2001
326. The Stolen Child 5/17/2001
327. The Three Beggars 12/31/2002
328. The Three Bushes 5/17/2001
329. The Three Hermits 5/17/2001
330. The Three Monuments 5/17/2001
331. The Tower 5/17/2001
332. The Travail Of Passion 5/17/2001
333. The Two Kings 5/17/2001
334. The Two Trees 5/17/2001
335. The Unappeasable Host 5/17/2001
336. The Valley of the Black Pig 1/3/2003
337. The Valleys Of The Black Pig 5/17/2001
338. The Wanderings of Oisin: Book I 1/3/2003
339. The Wanderings of Oisin: Book II 1/3/2003
340. The Wanderings of Oisin: Book III 1/3/2003

Her Anxiety

Earth in beauty dressed
Awaits returning spring.
All true love must die,
Alter at the best
Into some lesser thing.
Prove that I lie.

Such body lovers have,
Such exacting breath,
That they touch or sigh.
Every touch they give,
Love is nearer death.
Prove that I lie.

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