Robert Bridges, ed. (1844–1930). The Spirit of Man: An Anthology. 1916. | | | | The Ragged Wood |
William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) |
| | | O HURRY 1 where by water among trees | |
| The delicate-stepping stag and his lady sigh, | |
| When they have but looked upon their images,— | |
| O that none ever loved but you and I! | |
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| Or have you heard that sliding silver-shoed | 5 |
| Pale silver-proud queen-woman of the sky, | |
| When the sun looked out of his golden hood,— | |
| O that none ever loved but you and I! | |
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| O hurry to the ragged wood, for there | |
| I’ll hollo all those lovers out and cry— | 10 |
| O my share of the world, O yellow hair! | |
| No one has ever loved but you and I. | |
| | | Note 1. Yeats. The ragged Wood. From the ‘Tauchnitz coll. of British Authors’, p. 150: with my punctuation substituted for printer’s. [back] | | |
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