Poet and sculptor, do the work, / Nor let the modish painter shirk William Butler Yeats More Quotes by William Butler Yeats More Quotes From William Butler Yeats Come, heart, where hill is heaped upon hill: William Butler Yeats nature moon heart The true poet is all the time a visionary and whether with friends or not, as much alone as a man on his death bed. William Butler Yeats bed poetry men Bid imagination run / Much on the Great Questioner; / What He can question, what if questioned I / Can with a fitting confidence reply. William Butler Yeats what-if imagination running An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick William Butler Yeats elderly time men You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements. William Butler Yeats truth lying ideas I sat, a solitary man, In a crowded London shop, An open book and empty cup On the marble table-top. While on the shop and street I gazed My body of a sudden blazed; And twenty minutes more or less It seemed, so great my happiness, That I was blessed and could bless. William Butler Yeats blessed men book Somewhere beyond the curtain Of distorting days Lives that lonely thing That shone before these eyes Targeted, trod like Spring. William Butler Yeats lonely spring life Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away. William Butler Yeats cast-away light writing One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end. William Butler Yeats getting-high anger ends Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste. William Butler Yeats swag design thinking I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher. William Butler Yeats swings men believe I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember William Butler Yeats dream oxford doe How can we know the dancer from the dance? William Butler Yeats dance inspirational life Much did I rage when young, Being by the world oppressed, But now with flattering tongue It speeds the parting guest. William Butler Yeats tongue guests world How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart. William Butler Yeats wedding stars memories THOUGH you are in your shining days, Voices among the crowd And new friends busy with your praise, Be not unkind or proud, But think about old friends the most: Time's bitter flood will rise, Your beauty perish and be lost For all eyes but these eyes. William Butler Yeats voice eye thinking I Sing what was lost and dread what was won, / I walk in a battle fought over again. William Butler Yeats battle winning lost Though leaves are many, the root is one; Through all the lying days of my youth I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun Now I may wither into the truth. William Butler Yeats flower roots lying This great purple butterfly, William Butler Yeats butterfly garden eye Hearts with one purpose alone/Through summer and winter seem/Enchanted to a stone/To trouble the living stream. William Butler Yeats summer heart winter
