كتب هذه القصيدة إلى حبيبته، مود جون وكان يندب كونه لا يمكنه حقاً أن يعطيها ما اعتقد أنها تريده منه.
He wrote this to his love, Maud Gonne, and he was bewailing the fact that he couldn't really give her what he thought she wanted from him.