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Poem by William Butler Yeats


Parting


He. Dear, I must be gone
While night Shuts the eyes
Of the household spies;
That song announces dawn.

She. No, night's bird and love's
Bids all true lovers rest,
While his loud song reproves
The murderous stealth of day.

He. Daylight already flies
From mountain crest to crest

She. That light is from the moon.

He. That bird...

She. Let him sing on,
I offer to love's play
My dark declivities. 



William Butler Yeats


William Butler Yeats's other poems:
  1. The Rose of the World
  2. For Anne Gregory
  3. The Rose of Battle
  4. The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water
  5. The Lover Tells of the Rose in His Heart


Poems of the other poets with the same name:

  • Charlotte Bront¸ Parting ("THERE'S no use in weeping")
  • Arthur Clough Parting ("O tell me, friends, while yet we part")
  • Menella Smedley Parting ("Not by thy side, but in thy heart")
  • Ella Wilcox Parting ("Lean down, and kiss me, O my love, my own;")

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