Social Commentaries
The Witch
From Responsibilities (1914)
Social Commentaries
Toil, and grow rich,
What's that but to lie
With a foul witch
And after, drained dry,
To be brought
To the chamber where
Lies one long sought
With despair.
Cite this poem
MLA
Yeats, W. B. “The Witch.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/yeats/115/.
Chicago
Yeats, W. B. “The Witch.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/yeats/115/.
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