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THE HEART OF THE WOMAN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

Poet Analysis

First Line: O WHAT TO ME THE LITTLE ROOM
Last Line: MY BREATH IS MIZED INTO HIS BREATH.
Subject(s): LOVE; WOMEN;

O what to me the little room
That was brimmed up with prayer and rest;
He bade me out into the gloom,
And my breast lies upon his breast.
O what to me my mother's care,
The house where I was safe and warm;
The shadowy blossom of my hair
Will hide us from the bitter storm.
O hiding hair and dewy eyes,
I am no more with life and death,
My heart upon his warm heart lies,
My breath is mized into his breath.



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