Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PEACE, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS


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First Line: Ah, that time could touch a form
Last Line: Came when time had touched her form.
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Subject(s): Peace


AH, that Time could touch a form
That could show what Homer's age
Bred to be a hero's wage.
'Were not all her life but storm,
Would not painters paint a form
Of such noble lines,' I said,
'Such a delicate high head,
All that sternness amid charm,
All that sweetness amid strength?'
Ah, but peace that comes at length,
Came when Time had touched her form.





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