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W. B. Yeats
FRIENDS
(01) 01 : Now must I these three praise--
02 : Three women that have wrought
03 : What joy is in my days;
04 : One that no passing thought,
05 : Nor those unpassing cares,
06 : No, not in these fifteen
07 : Many times troubled years,
08 : Could ever come between
09 : Heart and delighted heart;
10 : And one because her hand
11 : Had strength that could unbind
12 : What none can understand,
13 : What none can have and thrive,
14 : Youth's dreamy load, till she
15 : So changed me that I live
16 : Labouring in ecstasy.
17 : And what of her that took
18 : All till my youth was gone
19 : With scarce a pitying look?
20 : How should I praise that one?
21 : When day begins to break
22 : I count my good and bad,
23 : Being wakeful for her sake,
24 : Remembering what she had,
25 : What eagle look still shows,
26 : While up from my heart's root
27 : So great a sweetness flows
28 : I shake from head to foot.