He Gives His Beloved Certain Rhymes (by William Butler Yeats)
Yeats [by George Charles Beresford, 1911]
He Gives His Beloved Certain Rhymes
by William Butler Yeats
from The Wind Among the Reeds (1899)
Fasten your hair with a golden pin,
And bind up every wandering tress;
I bade my heart build these poor rhymes:
It worked at them, day out, day in,
Building a sorrowful loveliness
Out of the battles of old times.
You need but lift a pearl-pale hand,
And bind up your long hair and sigh;
And all men's hearts must burn and beat;
And candle-like foam on the dim sand,
And stars climbing the dew-dropping sky,
Live but to light your passing feet.
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Posted by Jesus Crisis at 3/28/2011 10:31 AM 
Categories: British, Poetry, Irish, Yeats (William Butler), 1800s
Tags: WB Yeats William Butler Yeats 1899 The Wind Among the Reeds Irish Literature Irish Poetry British Literature British Poetry
Categories: British, Poetry, Irish, Yeats (William Butler), 1800s
Tags: WB Yeats William Butler Yeats 1899 The Wind Among the Reeds Irish Literature Irish Poetry British Literature British Poetry
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