by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)
To a squirrel at Kyle‑na‑no
Language: English
Our translations: FRE
Come play with me; Why should you run Through the shaking tree As though I'd a gun To strike you dead? When all I would do Is to scratch your head And let you go.
Confirmed with W. B. Yeats, Later Poems, Macmillan and Co., London, 1926, page 286.
First published in New Statesman, September 1917Text Authorship:
- by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), "To a squirrel at Kyle-na-no", appears in The Wild Swans at Coole [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Eugene John Weigel (1910 - 1998), "To a squirrel at Kyle-na-no", published 1950 [SSA chorus a cappella], from Four songs for women's voices [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "À un écureuil à Kyle-na-no", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-20
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