The Sorrow Of Love Poem by William Butler Yeats

The Sorrow Of Love

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THE brawling of a sparrow in the eaves,
The brilliant moon and all the milky sky,
And all that famous harmony of leaves,
Had blotted out man's image and his cry.
A girl arose that had red mournful lips
And seemed the greatness of the world in tears,
Doomed like Odysseus and the labouring ships
And proud as Priam murdered with his peers;
Arose, and on the instant clamorous eaves,
A climbing moon upon an empty sky,
And all that lamentation of the leaves,
Could but compose man's image and his cry.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Madathil Rajendran Nair 07 April 2015

This poem is extremely beautiful although I can't figure out why this is in the love poems section.

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Anita Sharma 21 September 2015

excellent imagery liked much

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Bunny Monster716 09 September 2015

Beautiful the ending was perfect

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Captain Herbert Poetry 12 July 2015

Marvelous and superb piece

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Charity Nduhiu 25 August 2015

The poem is wonderful i have liked it. Keep up william

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Johnny 09 November 2018

Here the simple lines capture the story of an Irish legend, Angus the god of water, and the endless search for beauty

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Ratnakar Mandlik 30 July 2016

The pangs of love marvelously woven in a beautiful verse that is rich in rhythm and rhyme.

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Subhas Chandra Chakra 12 April 2016

The brilliant moon and all the milky sky, And all that famous harmony of leaves, Had blotted out man's image and his cry. A girl arose that had red mournful lips And seemed the greatness of the world in tears... A superb creation of poetry. I enjoyed readng it.

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Anas Affan 31 March 2016

terrific imaginary poem.........i like much...........i always love you

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Hannah Martin 19 February 2016

I love this poem! My favorite of Yeats, but this is the wrong version- not at all like the one I had read in an anthology, and not nearly so beautiful.

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