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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A DREAM OF DEATH (VARIANT VERSION), by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I dreamed that one had died in a strange place
Last Line: But now lies under boards.
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: But now lies under boards.
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,
Wondering to lay her in that solitude,
And raised above her mound
A cross they had made out of two bits of wood,
And planted cypress round;
And left her to the indifferent stars above
Until I carved these words:
She was more beautiful than thy first love,
But now lies under boards.
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