Explain the following lines How but in custom and in ceremony Are innocence and beauty born These lines are taken from W B Yeats s - poem A Prayer for My Daughter Here Yeats is praying for his newborn daughter during a violent storm He is worried about the future of his daughter in a violent world He hopes that his daughter will grow up with good values peace and a balanced life In the last stanza of the poem Yeats prays that when his daughter marries may her husband take her to a house where custom and ceremony are followed The poet believes that innocence and beauty can only grow in a place where custom and ceremony are followed By custom Yeats means good habits discipline and kindness etc By ceremony he means the respect for good manners Yeats wants her to go to a house after marriage where