Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HE REPROVES THE CURLEW, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS



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First Line: O curlew, cry no more in the air
Last Line: There is enough evil in the crying of wind.
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Variant Title(s): Hanrahan Reproves The Curlew


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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