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HE REPROVES THE CURLEW by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

Poet Analysis

First Line: O CURLEW, CRY NO MORE IN THE AIR
Last Line: THERE IS ENOUGH EVIL IN THE CRYING OF WIND.

O curlew, cry no more in the air,
Or only to the waters in the West;
Because your crying brings to my mind
Passion-dimmed eyes and long heavy hair
That was shaken out over my breast:
There is enough evil in the crying of wind.



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