Death & Dying
That the Night Come
From The Green Helmet and Other Poems (1912)
Death & Dying
She lived in storm and strife.
Her soul had such desire
For what proud death may bring
That it could not endure
The common good of life,
But lived as 'twere a king
That packed his marriage day
With banneret and pennon,
Trumpet and kettledrum,
And the outrageous cannon,
To bundle Time away
That the night come.
Cite this poem
MLA
Yeats, W. B. “That the Night Come.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/yeats/86/.
Chicago
Yeats, W. B. “That the Night Come.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/yeats/86/.
Read this poem with the Codex →