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William Butler Yeats - Down By The Salley Gardens

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 would 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.

Added: on May 15th, 2006 at 5:48 PM | Viewed: 4706 times | Comments (10)


Down By The Salley Gardens - Comments and Information

Poet: William Butler Yeats
Poem: Down By The Salley Gardens
Volume: Crossways
Year: Published/Written in 1889

Comment 10 of 10, added on March 16th, 2008 at 9:09 PM.

NOW MATTER WHERE THE WEIRS ARE OR WHERE THE TREES ARE THE IMAGE FITS WELL WITH THE IDEA OF THE POEM,AS A SONG IT WORKS VERY WELL. PS THERE IS A FIND HANDBALL ALLEY IN BALISODARE BUT W.B. WAS HARDLY LAMENTING HIS LOSS THERE

FRANK from Ireland
Comment 9 of 10, added on June 25th, 2006 at 11:48 AM.

I quite like Yeats, Wilde and other Irish authors and poets. The Celtic culture is always full of beautiful mystery. I wish I could go there one day, no matter how the Salley Gardens look like now!

Kitty Chen from China
Comment 8 of 10, added on May 15th, 2006 at 5:48 PM.

i live beside the salley gardens,in ballisodare county sligo,where yeats is from.so it does matter where they are.but the salley gardens are now all cement.

shane from Ireland

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