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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PITY OF LOVE, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A pity beyond all telling Last Line: Threaten the head that I love. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Love; Love - Complaints | |||
A pity beyond all telling Is hid in the heart of love: The folk who are buying and selling The clouds on their journey above The cold wet winds ever blowing And the shadowy hazel grove Where mouse-gray waters are flowing Threaten the head that I love. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TALKING RICHARD WILSON BLUES, BY RICHARD CLAY WILSON by DENIS JOHNSON THE BRIDGE by ALEXANDER ANDERSON THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD MISGIVINGS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS THROUGH AGONY: 1 by CLAUDE MCKAY HEMATITE HEIRLOOM LIVES ON (MAYBE DECEMBER 1980) by ALICE NOTLEY QUICK AND BITTER by YEHUDA AMICHAI SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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