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Another Song of a Fool (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

Another Song of a Fool By  William Butler Yeats This great purple butterfly, In the prison of my hands, Has a learning in his eye Not a poor fool und…

The Rose of Peace (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

The Rose of Peace By William Butler Yeats If Michael, leader of God’s host When Heaven and Hell are met, Looked down on you from Heaven…

To Ireland in the Coming Times (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

To Ireland in the Coming Times By William Butler Yeats Know, that I would accounted be True brother of a company That sang, to sweeten …

The Cat and the Moon (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

The Cat and the Moon By  William Butler Yeats The cat went here and there And the moon spun round like a top, And the nearest kin of the moon, The cr…

Those Images (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

Those Images By  William Butler Yeats What if I bade you leave The cavern of the mind? There’s better exercise In the sunlight and wind. I never bade…

The Crazed Moon (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

The Crazed Moon By  William Butler Yeats Crazed through much child-bearing The moon is staggering in the sky; Moon-struck by the despairing Glances o…

Under the Moon (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

Under the Moon By William Butler Yeats I have no happiness in dreaming of Brycelinde, Nor Avalon the grass-green hollow, nor Joyous Isl…

The Hour Before Dawn (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

The Hour Before Dawn By William Butler Yeats A cursing rogue with a merry face, A bundle of rags upon a crutch, Stumbled upon that windy…

The Phases of the Moon (Poem by William Butler Yeats)

The Phases of the Moon By  William Butler Yeats An old man cocked his ear upon a bridge; He and his friend, their faces to the South, Had trod the un…
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