'What do you make so fair and bright?'
'I make the cloak of Sorrow:
O lovely to see in all men's sight
Shall be the cloak of Sorrow,
In all men's sight.'
'What do you build with sails for flight?'
'I build a boat for Sorrow:
O swift on the seas all day and night
Saileth the rover Sorrow,
All day and night.'
What do you weave with wool so white?'
'I weave the shoes of Sorrow:
Soundless shall be the footfall light
In all men's ears of Sorrow,
Sudden and light.'
The Cloak, The Boat And The Shoes
William Butler Yeats
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Poem topics: white, flight, bright, rover, swift, light, night, Valentine's Day, sorrow, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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