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A Drinking Song

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by W.B. Yeats

Wine comes in at the mouth
And love comes in at the eye;
That’s all we shall know for truth
Before we grow old and die.
I lift the glass to my mouth,
I look at you, and I sigh.

Poem first published in 1916.


About the Author:

William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet.