The Cloak, The Boat And The Shoes

William Butler YeatsWilliam Butler Yeats

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'What do you make so fair and bright?''I make the cloak of Sorrow:
O lovely to see in all men's sight
Shall be the cloak of Sorrow,
In all men's sight.''What do you build with sails for flight?''I build a boat for Sorrow:
O swift on the seas all day and night
Saileth the rover Sorrow,
All day and night.'What do you weave with wool so white?''I weave the shoes of Sorrow:
Soundless shall be the footfall light
In all men's ears of Sorrow,
Sudden and light.'
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