by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)
Two Years Later See original
Language: English
Has no one said those daring Kind eyes should be more learn'd? Or warned you how despairing The moths are when they are burned, I could have warned you, but you are young, So we speak a different tongue. O you will take whatever's offered And dream that all the world's a friend, Suffer as your mother suffered, Be as broken in the end. But I am old and you are young, And I speak a different tongue.
Composition:
- Set to music by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Two Years Later", copyright © 1987 [ soprano and string quartet ], from To a Child, no. 6, confirmed with an online score
Text Authorship:
- by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), "Two years later"
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This text was added to the website: 2017-07-01
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Word count: 79