Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A POET TO HIS BELOVED, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

A POET TO HIS BELOVED, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: I bring you with reverent hands
Last Line: I bring you my passionate rhyme.
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Subject(s): Love; Poetry & Poets


I bring you with reverent hands
The books of my numberless dreams,
White woman that passion has worn
As the tide wears the dove-gray sands,
And with heart more old than the horn
That is brimmed from the pale fire of time:
White woman with numberless dreams,
I bring you my passionate rhyme.




Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net