William Butler Yeats' "Brown Penny"

Jun 25, 2024

Today’s poem is one of the purest and most earnest offerings from one of the most indefatigable lover-poets of the twentieth century.

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Just when I'm ready to write off Yeats, you go and show me a poem like this and I fall in love all over again.

Happy anniversary to y'all!

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Marlena Maduro Baraf

Breathtaking. Happy loving!

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Lovely. Happy anniversary to you both!

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Happy Anniversary!

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