{"id":848,"date":"2011-02-12T23:15:30","date_gmt":"2011-02-12T23:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=848"},"modified":"2014-06-24T07:56:21","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T07:56:21","slug":"friends-by-w-b-yeats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/friends-by-w-b-yeats\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends by W. B. Yeats"},"content":{"rendered":"
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W. B. Yeats (1865-1939) by George Charles Beresford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Friends<\/h1>\n

by W. B. Yeats<\/p>\n

Now must I these three praise
\nThree women that have wrought
\nWhat joy is in my days;
\nOne that no passing thought,
\nNor those unpassing cares,
\nNo, not in these fifteen
\nMany times troubled years,
\nCould ever come between
\nHeart and delighted heart;
\nAnd one because her hand
\nHad strength that could unbind
\nWhat none can understand,
\nWhat none can have and thrive,
\nYouth’s dreamy load, till she
\nSo changed me that I live
\nLabouring in ecstasy.
\nAnd what of her that took
\nAll till my youth was gone
\nWith scarce a pitying look?
\nHow should I praise that one?
\nWhen day begins to break
\nI count my good and bad,
\nBeing wakeful for her sake,
\nRemembering what she had,
\nWhat eagle look still shows,
\nWhile up from my heart?s root
\nSo great a sweetness flows
\nI shake from head to foot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  Friends by W. B. Yeats Now must I these three praise Three women that have wrought What joy is in my days; One that no passing thought, Nor those unpassing cares, No, not in these fifteen Many times troubled years, Could ever come between Heart and delighted heart; And one because her hand Had…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1900s","category-yeats"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t