#Running to Paradise


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#### Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition


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Running to Paradise
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Author: William Butler Yeats
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Electronic edition compiled and proof-read by Beatrix Färber, Juliette Maffet

Funded by School of History, University College, Cork 1. First draft.Extent of text: 615 words#### Publication


CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts: a project of University College, Cork  
College Road, Cork, Ireland—http://www.ucc.ie/celt

 (2012) Distributed by CELT online at University College, Cork, Ireland.  
Text ID Number: E910001-015Availability [RESTRICTED] 
The works by W. B. Yeats are in the public domain. This electronic text is available with prior consent of the CELT programme for purposes of private or academic research and teaching.


#### Sources


**Bibliography**2. A bibliography is available online at the official web site of the Nobel Prize. See: http://nobelprize.org/nobel\_prizes/literature/laureates/1923/yeats-bibl.html
**The edition used in the digital edition**2. William Butler Yeats Running to Paradise in , Ed. William Butler Yeats Responsibilities and other Poems. The Macmillan Company, New York, (1916) page 49–50

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### Profile Description


Created: By William Butler Yeats (1865–1939).

 Date range: before 1916.#### Use of language


##### Language: [EN] The poem is in English.


### Revision History


* (2012-02-29) Beatrix Färber (ed.)

* Proof corrections made by CELT volunteer Carol Cregg integrated.
* (2012-02-10) Beatrix Färber (ed.)

* File proofed (2), additions to encoding made; header completed; file parsed; SGML and HTML files created.
* (2012-02-01) Juliette Maffet (ed.)

* Header created.
* (2012-01-23) Juliette Maffet (ed.)

* First proofing.
* (2012-01-18) Juliette Maffet (file capture)

* Text captured by scanning.




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#### Corpus of Electronic Texts Edition: E910001-015


### Running to Paradise: Author: William Butler Yeats




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p.49


1. As I came over Windy Gap
  
They threw a halfpenny into my cap,
  
For I am running to Paradise;
  
And all that I need do is to wish
  
And somebody puts his hand in the dish
  
To throw me a bit of salted fish:
  
And there the king *is* but as the beggar.
2. My brother Mourteen is worn out
  
With skelping his big brawling lout,
  
And I am running to Paradise;
  
A poor life do what he can,
  
And though he keep a dog and a gun,
  
A serving maid and a serving man:
  
And there the king *is* but as the beggar.


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p.50

5. Poor men have grown to be rich men,
  
And rich men grown to be poor again,
  
And I am running to Paradise;
  
And many a darling wit's grown dull
  
That tossed a bare heel when at school,
  
Now it has filled an old sock full:
  
And there the king *is* but as the beggar.
6. The wind is old and still at play
  
While I must hurry upon my way,
  
For I am running to Paradise;
  
Yet never have I lit on a friend
  
To take my fancy like the wind
  
That nobody can buy or bind:
  
And there the king *is* but as the beggar.