I turn round
Like a dumb beast in a show.
Neither know what I am
Nor where I go,
My language beaten
Into one name;
I am in love
And that is my shame.
What hurts the soul
My soul adores,
No better than a beast
Upon all fours.

(C) William Butler Yeats
01/01/2000


Best Poems of William Butler Yeats

• The Cloak, The Boat And The Shoes
• The Wheel
• A Man Young And Old: I. First Love
• The Pilgrim
• A Bronze Head
• Maid Quiet
• A Prayer For My Son
• A Faery Song
• Three Things
• Ego Dominus Tuus
• The Four Ages Of Man
• Oil And Blood
• A Prayer For Old Age
• Young Mans Song
• Men Improve With The Years
• The Collar-bone Of A Hare
• A Dialogue Of Self And Soul
• A Crazed Girl
• Aedh Pleads With The Elemental Powers