Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MASK, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Put off that mask of burning gold Last Line: In you, in me?' Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Variant Title(s): A Lyric From An Unpublished Play Subject(s): Masks | ||||||||
'PUT off that mask of burning gold With emerald eyes.' 'O no, my dear, you make so bold To find if hearts be wild and wise, And yet not cold.' 'I would but find what's there to find, Love or deceit.' 'It was the mask engaged your mind, And after set your heart to beat, Not what's behind.' 'But lest you are my enemy, I must enquire.' 'O no, my dear, let all that be; What matter, so there is but fire In you, in me?' | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GOETHE'S DEATH MASK by LINDA GREGG THE ROLE OF ELEGY by MARY JO BANG MASKS by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH SHE DRIED HER TEARS, AND THEY DID SMILE by EMILY JANE BRONTE MASKS by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON THE MASK by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES EPILOGUE FOR A MASQUE by JOHN DRINKWATER SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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