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Poem by William Butler Yeats


To a Squirrel at Kyle-Na-Gno


    Come play with me;
    Why should you run
    Through the shaking tree
    As though I'd a gun
    To strike you dead?
    When all I would do
    Is to scratch your head
    And let you go.



William Butler Yeats


William Butler Yeats's other poems:
  1. The Balloon of the Mind
  2. Crazy Jane on the Mountain
  3. Fallen Majesty
  4. Owen Ahern and His Dancers
  5. Beggar to Beggar Cried


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