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TO BE CARVED ON A STONE AT THOOR BALLYLEE (1) by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

Poet Analysis

First Line: I, THE POET WILLIAM YEATS
Last Line: WHEN ALL IS RUIN ONCE AGAIN.
Subject(s): IRELAND; POETRY & POETS; YEATS, WILLIAM BUTLER (1865-1939); IRISH;
I, the poet William Yeats,
With old mill boards and sea-green slates,
And smithy work from the Gort forge,
Restored this tower for my wife George;
And may these characters remain
When all is ruin once again.



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