No 1.º de Maio The Coming of Wisdom with Time

The Coming of Wisdom with TimeThough leaves are many, the root is one;
Through all the lying days of my youthI swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun;
Now I may wither into the truth.
(from The Green Helmet and Other Poems, 1910)
W. B. Yeats: The Poems rev. ed. Finneran