The Mask
----- W. B. Yeats

'Put off that mask of burning gold
With emerald eyes.'
'O no, my dear, you make so bold
To find if hearts be wild and wise,
And not yet cold.'

'I would be find what's there to find
Love or deceit.'
'It was the mask engaged your mind,
And after set your heart to beat,
Not what's behind.''But lest you are my enemy ( Read more... )