His Confidence

Portrait of William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats 1865–1939

Undying love to buy I wrote upon The corners of this eye All wrongs done. What payment were enough For undying love?

I broke my heart in two So hard I struck. What matter? for I know That out of rock, Out of a desolate source, Love leaps upon its course.

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  1. julie United States

    i like your poem i don't know why people you did not get in comments.

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