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

poet William Butler Yeats
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Poems of William Butler Yeats

21. A Man Young And Old: IX. The Secrets Of The Old 1/13/2003
22. A Man Young And Old: V. The Empty Cup 1/13/2003
23. A Man Young And Old: VI. His Memories 1/13/2003
24. A Man Young And Old: VII. The Friends Of His Youth 1/13/2003
25. A Man Young And Old: VIII. Summer And Spring 1/13/2003
26. A Man Young And Old: X. His Wildness 1/13/2003
27. A Man Young And Old: XI. From Oedipus At Colonus 1/13/2003
28. A Meditation In Time Of War 5/15/2001
29. A Memory Of Youth 5/15/2001
30. A Model For The Laureate 5/15/2001
31. A Nativity 5/15/2001
32. A Poet To His Beloved 5/15/2001
33. A Prayer For My Daughter 5/15/2001
34. A Prayer For My Son 5/15/2001
35. A Prayer For Old Age 5/15/2001
36. A Prayer On Going Into My House 5/15/2001
37. A Song 5/15/2001
38. A Song From "The Player Queen" 12/31/2002
39. A Statesman's Holiday 1/13/2003
40. A Stick Of Incense 5/15/2001

The White Birds

I WOULD that we were, my beloved, white birds on the foam of the sea!
We tire of the flame of the meteor, before it can fade and flee;
And the flame of the blue star of twilight, hung low on the rim of the sky,
Has awaked in our hearts, my beloved, a sadness that may not die.
A weariness comes from those dreamers, dew-dabbled, the lily and rose;
Ah, dream not of them, my beloved, the flame of the meteor that goes,
Or the flame of the blue star that lingers hung low in the fall of the dew:

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