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THE RAGGED WOOD by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

Poet Analysis

First Line: O HURRY WHERE BY WATER AMONG THE TREES
Last Line: NO ONE HAS EVER LOVED BUT YOU AND I.
Subject(s): LOVE;

O HURRY where by water among the trees
The delicate-stepping stag and his lady sigh,
When they have but looked upon their images --
Would none had ever loved but you and I!

Or have you heard that sliding silver-shoed
Pale silver-proud queen-woman of the sky,
When the sun looked out of his golden hood? --
O that none ever loved but you and I!

O hurry to the ragged wood, for there
I will drive all those lovers out and cry --
O my share of the world, O yellow hair!
No one has ever loved but you and I.



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