Crazy Jane On The Day Of Judgment

Portrait of William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats 1865–1939

'Love is all Unsatisfied That cannot take the whole Body and soul'; And that is what Jane said.

'Take the sour If you take me I can scoff and lour And scold for an hour.' "That's certainly the case,' said he.

'Naked I lay, The grass my bed; Naked and hidden away, That black day'; And that is what Jane said.

'What can be shown? What true love be? All could be known or shown If Time were but gone.' 'That's certainly the case,' said he.

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