Others because you did not keep
That deep-sworn vow have been friends of mine;
Yet always when I look death in the face,
When I clamber to the heights of sleep,
Or when I grow excited with wine,
Suddenly I meet your face.

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Poet: William Butler Yeats
Poem: A Deep Sworn Vow
Volume: The Wild Swans at Coole
Year: Published/Written in 1919
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