Beggar to Beggar Cried
William Butler Yeats
1865 to 1939
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Beggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck,
To rid me of the devil in my shoes,'
'And make my soul before my pate is bare.'
Are driven by wealth as beggars by the itch,'
'And the worse devil that is between my thighs.'
And hear amid the garden's nightly peace,'
'But there's a devil in a looking-glass.'
Beggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck,
'And cannot have a humorous happy speech.'
'And get a comfortable wife and house
'The wind-blown clamor of the barnacle-geese.'
Beggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck,
And find my health again in the sea air,'
'And though I'd marry with a comely lass,
'Nor should she be too rich, because the rich
She need not be too comely - let it pass,'
'And there I'll grow respected at my ease,
Beggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck,
'Time to put off the world and go somewhere
Beggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck,