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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEMORY, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: One had a lovely face
Last Line: Where the mountain hare has lain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Subject(s): Love - Erotic; Imagination; Love; Vision; Fancy
First Line: One had a lovely face
Last Line: Where the mountain hare has lain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Subject(s): Love - Erotic; Imagination; Love; Vision; Fancy
ONE had a lovely face,
And two or three had charm,
But charm and face were in vain
Because the mountain grass
Cannot but keep the form
Where the mountain hare has lain.
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