Time & Brevity
The Coming of Wisdom with Time
From The Green Helmet and Other Poems (1912)
Time & BrevityLiving
Though leaves are many, the root is one;
Through all the lying days of my youth
I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun;
Now I may wither into the truth.
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Codex Note
Four lines: though the leaves are many the root is one, and through the lying days of his youth he waved his leaves in the sun; now he may 'wither into the truth'.
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MLA
Yeats, W. B. “The Coming of Wisdom with Time.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/yeats/26/.
Chicago
Yeats, W. B. “The Coming of Wisdom with Time.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/yeats/26/.
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