Love

Aedh Hears the Cry of the Sedge

by W. B. Yeats 1865–1939

From The Wind Among the Reeds (1899)

Love

I wander by the edge
Of this desolate lake
Where wind cries in the sedge
Until the axle break
That keeps the stars in their round
And hands hurl in the deep
The banners of East and West
And the girdle of light is unbound,
Your breast will not lie by the breast
Of your beloved in sleep.

MLA

Yeats, W. B. “Aedh Hears the Cry of the Sedge.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/yeats/198/.

Chicago

Yeats, W. B. “Aedh Hears the Cry of the Sedge.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/yeats/198/.

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