by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)
The angels are stooping, above your bed
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Language: English
Our translations: ITA
The angels are stooping, above your bed; They weary of trooping with the whimpering dead. God's laughing in heaven to see you so good; The Shining Seven are gay with His mood. I kiss you and kiss you, my pigeon my own. Ah how I shall miss you when you have grown.
About the headline (FAQ)
View text with all available footnotesFirst published in Scots Observer, April 1890; revised 1901
Text Authorship:
- by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), "A cradle song", appears in The Rose, first published 1893 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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