A Coat

William Butler Yeats

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I MADE my song a coat
Covered with embroideries
Out of old mythologies
From heel to throat;
But the fools caught it,
Wore it in the world's eyes
As though they'd wrought it.
Song, let them take it,
For there's more enterprise
In walking naked.

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Comments2
  • santostowell27

    LOVED THIS! REALLY RESONATED WITH ME. MAKES YOU THINK ABOUT THE AUTHENTICITY OF WHAT WE PUT OUT IN THE WORLD! AWESOME STUFF!

    • liliamedland

      Makes me rethink what I create.