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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
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THE PITY OF LOVE, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet's Biography
First Line: A pity beyond all telling
Last Line: Threaten the head that I love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Subject(s): Love; Love - Complaints
First Line: A pity beyond all telling
Last Line: Threaten the head that I love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Subject(s): Love; Love - Complaints
A pity beyond all telling
Is hid in the heart of love:
The folk who are buying and selling
The clouds on their journey above
The cold wet winds ever blowing
And the shadowy hazel grove
Where mouse-gray waters are flowing
Threaten the head that I love.
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