Ah, let us kiss each other's eyes,/And laugh our love away. William Butler Yeats More Quotes by William Butler Yeats More Quotes From William Butler Yeats What can be shown? William Butler Yeats timelove-isknowledge I am haunted by numberless islands, many a Danaan shore, William Butler Yeats flameswhitesea Neither Christ nor Buddha nor Socrates wrote a book, for to do so is to exchange life for a logical process. William Butler Yeats life-changingwritingbook Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself. William Butler Yeats finding-yourselfmenhistory A sea captain when he stands upon the bridge, or looks out from his deck-house, thinks much about God and about the world. Away in the valley yonder among the corn and the poppies men may well forget all things except the warmth of the sun upon the face, and the kind shadow under the hedge; but he who journeys through storm and darkness must needs think and think. William Butler Yeats journeymenthinking People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind. William Butler Yeats wisdomphilosophypeople "Chaunt in his ear delusions magical, William Butler Yeats horsefightingsea When Walt Whitman writes in seeming defiance of tradition, he needs tradition for his protection, for the butcher and the baker and the candlestick-maker grow merry over him when they meet his work by chance. William Butler Yeats bakerswritingneeds I am content to live it all again And yet again, if it be life to pitch Into the frog-spawn of a blind man's ditch. William Butler Yeats frogsmenlife In dreams begin responsibilitiy. William Butler Yeats responsibilitydreamadvice Women are hard and proud and stubborn-hearted, William Butler Yeats womenstubbornstories All hatred driven hence, The soul recovers radical innocence And learns at last that it is self-delighting, Self-appeasing, self-affrighting, And that its own sweet will is Heaven's will William Butler Yeats selfsweetheaven Where the wave of moonlight glosses The dim gray sands with light, Far off by furthest Rosses We foot it all the night, Weaving olden dances, Mingling hands and mingling glances Till the moon has taken flight; To and fro we leap And chase the frothy bubbles, While the world is full of troubles And is anxious in its sleep. . . . William Butler Yeats moontakensleep The tragedy of sexual intercourse is the perpetual virginity of the soul. William Butler Yeats tragedysoulsex What can be explained is not poetry. William Butler Yeats poetrylife The blessed spirits must be sought within the self which is common to all William Butler Yeats blessedspiritself I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.' William Butler Yeats beautifulbeautymen Beloved, gaze in thine own heart, The holy tree is growing there; From joy the holy branches start, And all the trembling flowers they bear. The changing colours of its fruit Have dowered the stars with metry light; The surety of its hidden root Has planted quiet in the night; The shaking of its leafy head Has given the waves their melody, And made my lips and music wed, Murmuring a wizard song for thee. William Butler Yeats starsflowersong The Land of Faery, Where nobody gets old and godly and grave, Where nobody gets old and crafty and wise, Where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue. William Butler Yeats godlyangelwise Maybe the bride-bed brings despair, William Butler Yeats despairmarriagereal
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