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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE WITCH, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Toil and grow rich
Last Line: With despair?
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Subject(s): Greed; Wealth
First Line: Toil and grow rich
Last Line: With despair?
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Subject(s): Greed; Wealth
TOIL and grow rich,
What's that but to lie
With a foul witch
And after, drained dry,
To be brought
To the chamber where
Lies one long sought
With despair?
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