Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DEEP-SWORN VOW, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Others because you did not keep Last Line: Suddenly I meet your face. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Promises | ||||||||
Others because you did not keep That deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine; Yet always when I look death in the face, When I clamber to the heights of sleep, Or when I grow excited with wine, Suddenly I meet your face. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A PROMISE TO PAY by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS by EUGENE FIELD WINTER PROMISES by MARGE PIERCY WAITING FOR ICARUS by MURIEL RUKEYSER PROMISES: 1. WHAT WAS THE PROMISE THAT SMILED FROM THE MAPLES AT EVENNG? by ROBERT PENN WARREN WE'VE MADE A LOT OF OXYMORONIC PROMISES by DARA WIER THE SOUL OF A PROMISE by E. DORCAS PALMER UNDER SATURN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS I HAVE NEVER PROMISED ANYTHING by F. JOHN HERBERT SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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