Love
Thou Canst Not Boast
From A Book of Irish Verse, ed. W. B. Yeats (1900)
Thou canst not boast of Fortune's store,
My love, while me they wealthy call:
But I was glad to find thee poor,
For with my heart I'd give thee all,
And then the grateful youth shall own,
I loved him for himself alone.
But when his worth my hand shall gain,
No word or look of mine shall show
That I the smallest thought retain
Of what my bounty did bestow:
Yet still his grateful heart shall own,
I loved him for himself alone.
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MLA
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. “Thou Canst Not Boast.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/sheridan_rb/0/.
Chicago
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley. “Thou Canst Not Boast.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/sheridan_rb/0/.
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