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THE COMING OF WISDOM WITH TIME by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

Poet Analysis

First Line: THOUGH LEAVES ARE MANY, THE ROOT IS ONE
Last Line: NOW I MAY WITHER INTO THE TRUTH.
Subject(s): AGING; WISDOM;
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.



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