W.B. Yeats (1865–1939). The Wind Among the Reeds. 1899.
27. Aedh thinks of those who have spoken Evil of his Beloved
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And dream about the great and their pride;
They have spoken against you everywhere,
But weigh this song with the great and their pride;
I made it out of a mouthful of air,
Their children’s children shall say they have lied.