Love
The Pity of Love
From The Rose (1893)
Love
A pity beyond all telling
Is hid in the heart of love:
The folk who are buying and selling
The clouds on their journey above
The cold wet winds ever blowing
And the shadowy hazel grove
Where mouse-gray waters are flowing
Threaten the head that I love.
Cite this poem
MLA
Yeats, W. B. “The Pity of Love.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/yeats/127/.
Chicago
Yeats, W. B. “The Pity of Love.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/yeats/127/.
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