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William Butler Yeats's Poetry, by first line

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  • A Crazed Girl
    THAT crazed girl improvising her music.
    Her poetry, dancing upon the shore,
    14 lines, 7 comments
  • A Dialogue Of Self And Soul
    My Soul I summon to the winding ancient stair;
    Set all your mind upon the steep ascent,
    75 lines, 5 comments
  • A Drunken Man's Praise Of Sobriety
    COME swish around, my pretty punk,
    And keep me dancing still
    16 lines, 1 comment
  • A Friend's Illness
    SICKNESS brought me this
    Thought, in that scale of his:
    7 lines
  • A Man Young And Old - Complete
    Though nurtured like the sailing moon
    In beauty's murderous brood,
    178 lines
  • A Memory Of Youth
    THE moments passed as at a play;
    I had the wisdom love brings forth;
    29 lines
  • A Poet To His Beloved
    I BRING you with reverent hands
    The books of my numberless dreams,
    8 lines, 4 comments
  • A Prayer On Going Into My House
    GOD grant a blessing on this tower and cottage
    And on my heirs, if all remain unspoiled,
    16 lines, 3 comments
  • A Prayer For My Daughter
    ONCE more the storm is howling, and half hid
    Under this cradle-hood and coverlid
    80 lines, 3 comments
  • A Prayer For My Son
    BID a strong ghost stand at the head
    That my Michael may sleep sound,
    32 lines
  • A Song
    I THOUGHT no more was needed
    Youth to polong
    18 lines, 4 comments
  • Adam's Curse
    WE sat together at one summer's end,
    That beautiful mild woman, your close friend,
    39 lines, 2 comments
  • Against Unworthy Praise
    O HEART, be at peace, because
    Nor knave nor dolt can break
    20 lines, 1 comment
  • In Memory Of Alfred Pollexfen
    FIVE-AND-TWENTY years have gone
    Since old William pollexfen
    39 lines, 1 comment
  • All Souls' Night
    Midnight has come, and the great Christ Church Bell
    And may a lesser bell sound through the room;
    100 lines
  • All Things Can Tempt Me
    ALL things can tempt me from this craft of verse:
    One time it was a woman's face, or worse --
    10 lines, 1 comment
  • Among School Children
    I WALK through the long schoolroom questioning;
    A kind old nun in a white hood replies;
    67 lines, 2 comments
  • An Acre Of Grass
    PICTURE and book remain,
    An acre of green grass
    24 lines
  • An Appointment
    BEING out of heart with government
    I took a broken root to fling
    12 lines, 1 comment
  • An Image From A Past Life
    i{He.} Never until this night have I been stirred.
    The elaborate starlight throws a reflection
    42 lines
  • Anashuya And Vijaya
    A i{little Indian temple} in i{the Golden Age.} Around it i{a garden;}
    i{around that the forest. Anashuya, the young priestess, kneelinq}
    114 lines
  • The Apparitions
    BECAUSE there is safety in derision
    I talked about an apparition,
    24 lines
  • Are You Content?
    I CALL on those that call me son,
    Grandson, or great-grandson,
    24 lines, 1 comment
  • At Galway Races
    THERE where the course is,
    Delight makes all of the one mind,
    16 lines
  • At The Abbey Theatre
    DEAR Craoibhin Aoibhin, look into our case.
    When we are high and airy hundreds say
    14 lines
  • The Balloon Of The Mind
    HANDS, do what you're bid:
    Bring the balloon of the mind
    4 lines, 1 comment
  • Beautiful Lofty Things
    BEAUTIFUL lofty things: O'Leary's noble head;
    My father upon the Abbey stage, before him a raging crowd:
    12 lines
  • Beggar To Beggar Cried
    "TIME to put off the world and go somewhere
    And find my health again in the sea air,'
    20 lines
  • The Black Tower
    SAY that the men of the old black tower,
    Though they but feed as the goatherd feeds,
    30 lines
  • Blood And The Moon
    BLESSED be this place,
    More blessed still this tower;
    69 lines
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