Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A DRINKING SONG, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS



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First Line: Wine comes in at the mouth
Last Line: I look at you, and I sigh.
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Subject(s): Love - Erotic; Love


WINE comes in at the mouth
And love comes in at the eye;
That's all we shall know for truth
Before we grow old and die.
I lift the glass to my mouth,
I look at you, and I sigh.





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