The Chambermaid's First Song

William Butler Yeats

How came this ranger
Now sunk in rest,
Stranger with strangcr.
On my cold breast?
What's left to Sigh for?
Strange night has come;
God's love has hidden him
Out of all harm,
Pleasure has made him
Weak as a worm.

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• William Butler Yeats : The Chambermaid's Second Song
• William Butler Yeats : The Choice
• William Butler Yeats : The Circus Animal Desertion
• William Butler Yeats : The Circus Animals' Desertion
• William Butler Yeats : The Cloak, The Boat, And The Shoes
• William Butler Yeats : The Cold Heaven
• William Butler Yeats : The Collar-bone Of A Hare
• William Butler Yeats : The Coming Of Wisdom With Time
• William Butler Yeats : The Countess Cathleen In Paradise
• William Butler Yeats : The Crazed Moon

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• William Butler Yeats : The Cat And The Moon
• William Butler Yeats : The Cap And Bells
• William Butler Yeats : The Blessed
• William Butler Yeats : The Black Tower
• William Butler Yeats : The Balloon Of The Mind
• William Butler Yeats : The Ballad Of The Foxhunter
• William Butler Yeats : The Ballad Of Moll Magee
• William Butler Yeats : The Ballad Of Father O'hart
• William Butler Yeats : The Ballad Of Father Gilligan
• William Butler Yeats : The Ballad Of Father Gilliagan