The Cloak, The Boat, and The Shoes by
W.B. Yeats
'What do you make so
fair and bright?'
'I make
the cloak of Sorrow:
O lovely to see in all men's sight
Shall be the cloak of Sorrow,
In all
men's sight.'
'What do you build with sails for flight?'
'I build
a boat for Sorrow:
O
swift on the seas all day and night
Saileth the rover Sorrow,
All
day and night.'
'What do you weave with wool so white?'
'I weave the shoes of Sorrow:
Soundless shall be the
footfall light
In
all men's ears of Sorrow,
Sudden and light.'