Poem by William Butler Yeats

The Coming of Wisdom with Time

Though leaves are many, the root is one;
Through all the lying days of my youth
I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun;
Now I may wither into the truth. 

1. The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water
2. The Ballad of Father Gilligan
3. The Rose of Peace
4. The Rose of the World
5. The Rose of Battle

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