Down by the Salley Gardens (by W.B. Yeats)
1911 photo of Yeats by George Charles Beresford
Down by the Salley Gardens
by William Butler Yeats
from Crossways (1889)
Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
But I, being young and foolish, with her did not agree.
In a field by the river my love and I did stand,
And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.
She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;
But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.
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Posted by Jesus Crisis at 12/18/2009 4:00 PM 
Categories: British,Poetry,Irish,Yeats (William Butler),1800s
Tags: British Poetry British Literature William Butler Yeats 1889 Crossways W.B. Yeats
Categories: British,Poetry,Irish,Yeats (William Butler),1800s
Tags: British Poetry British Literature William Butler Yeats 1889 Crossways W.B. Yeats
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