Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Yeats - 03-17-2010


A DEEP-SWORN VOW

Others because you did not keep
That deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine
Yet Always when I look death in the face,
When I clamber to the heights of sleep,
Or when I grow excited with wine,
Suddenly I meet your face.

William Butler Yeats 1917

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