TO AN ISLE IN THE WATER
by: William Butler Yeats
(1865-1939)
- HY one, shy one,
- Shy one of my heart,
- She moves in the firelight
- Pensively apart.
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- She carries in the dishes,
- And lays them in a row.
- To an isle in the water
- With her would I go.
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- She carries in the candles,
- And lights the curtained room,
- Shy in the doorway
- And shy in the gloom;
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- And shy as a rabbit,
- Helpful and shy.
- To an isle in the water
- With her would I fly.
"To an Isle in the Water"
is reprinted from Crossways. W.B. Yeats. 1889. |
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