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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DREAM OF DEATH, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I dreamed that one had died in a strange place
Last Line: And heard the mournful breeze.
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
First Line: I dreamed that one had died in a strange place
Last Line: And heard the mournful breeze.
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
I dreamed that one had died in a strange place
Near no accustomed hand;
And they had nailed the boards above her face
The peasants of that land,
And, wondering, planted by her solitude
A cypress and a yew:
I came, and wrote upon a cross of wood
Man had no more to do:
She was more beautiful than thy first love,
This lady by the trees:
And gazed upon the mournful stars above,
And heard the mournful breeze.
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