A Man Young And Old: II. Human Dignity

Portrait of William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats 1865–1939

Like the moon her kindness is, If kindness I may call What has no comprehension in't, But is the same for all As though my sorrow were a scene Upon a painted wall.

So like a bit of stone I lie Under a broken tree. I could recover if I shrieked My heart's agony To passing bird, but I am dumb From human dignity.

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    hello

    hai.
    i liked the poem very much

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