Father and Child, by W. B. Yeats

W. B. Yeats

Father and Child

She hears me strike the board and say

That she is under ban

Of all good men and women,

Being mentioned with a man

That has the worst of all bad names;

And thereupon replies

That his hair is beautiful,

Cold as the March wind his eyes.

#Irish #NobelPrize #XIXCentury #XXCentury

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