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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE COMING OF WISDOM WITH TIME, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Though leaves are many, the root is one Last Line: Now I may wither into the truth. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Aging; Wisdom | |||
THOUGH leaves are many, the root is one; Through all the lying days of my youth I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun; Now I may wither into the truth. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 5 by CONRAD AIKEN SONG: NOW THAT SHE IS HERE; FOR JOE-ANNE by HAYDEN CARRUTH WISE: HAVING THE ABILITY TO PERCEIVE AND ADOPT THE BEST by LUCILLE CLIFTON WISDOM COMETH WITH THE YEARS by COUNTEE CULLEN FOR RANDALL JARRELL, 1914-1965 by NORMAN DUBIE THE MORTAL WORDS OF ZWEIK by PHILIP LEVINE SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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