All Things Can Tempt Me
All things can tempt me from this craft of verse: One time it was a womans face, or worse, The seeming needs of my fool-driven land; Now nothing but comes readier to the hand Than this accustomed toil. When I was young, I had not given a penny for a song Did not the poet sing it with such airs That one believed he had a sword upstairs; Yet would be now, could I but have my wish, Colder and dumber and deafer than a fish.
AI analysis available. Enable JavaScript to interact.
About this line
"All things can tempt me from this craft of verse:..."
William Butler Yeats's contribution to classic is further solidified by the brilliance found in "All Things Can Tempt Me"... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...