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

poet William Butler Yeats
#16 on top 500 poets

Poems of William Butler Yeats

81. Crazy Jane And The Bishop 1/13/2003
82. Crazy Jane Grown Old Looks At The Dancers 1/13/2003
83. Crazy Jane On God 1/13/2003
84. Crazy Jane On The Day Of Judgment 1/13/2003
85. Crazy Jane On The Mountain 5/15/2001
86. Crazy Jane Reproved 1/13/2003
87. Crazy Jane Talks With The Bishop 1/13/2003
88. Cuchulain Comforted 5/15/2001
89. Cuchulain's Fight with the Sea 1/3/2003
90. Death 5/15/2001
91. Demon And Beast 5/15/2001
92. Down By The Salley Gardens 5/15/2001
93. Drinking Song 1/3/2003
94. Easter, 1916 1/13/2003
95. Ego Dominus Tuus 5/15/2001
96. Ephemera 5/15/2001
97. Faery Song 1/3/2003
98. Fallen Majesty 1/3/2003
99. Father And Child 1/13/2003
100. Fergus And The Druid 5/15/2001

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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