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Down by the Salley Gardens my love and I did meet; She passed the Salley Gardens with little snow-white feet. She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree; But I, being young and foolish, with her did not agree. In a field by the river my love and I did stand, And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand. She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs; But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.
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View text with all available footnotesRetitled "Down by the Salley Gardens" with the subtitle "An old song re-sung" when republished in Poems in 1895.
Note: "salley" is an anglicized form of the Irish word "saileach", which means willow.
Text Authorship:
- by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), title 1: "An old song re-sung", title 2: "Down by the Salley Gardens", appears in The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems, first published 1889 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
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Mon amour et moi nous sommes rencontrés en bas près des jardins de saules ; Elle passait près des jardins de saules avec son petit pied blanc comme neige Elle m'invita à prendre l'amour simplement, comme les feuilles poussent sur les arbres ; Mais moi, jeune et insensé, n'étais pas d'accord avec elle. Mon amour et moi étions dans un champ près de la rivière, Et sur mon épaule inclinée elle posa sa main blanche comme neige. Elle m'invita à prendre la vie simplement, comme l'herbe pousse sur les digues ; Mais moi j'étais jeune et insensé, et maintenant je suis plein de larmes.
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View text with all available footnotesTranslation of title "Down by the Salley Gardens" = "En bas près des Jardins de Saules"
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- a text in English by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), title 1: "An old song re-sung", title 2: "Down by the Salley Gardens", appears in The Wanderings of Oisin and Other Poems, first published 1889
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This text was added to the website: 2016-01-04
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