We can only begin to live when we conceive life as Tragedy. William Butler Yeats More Quotes by William Butler Yeats More Quotes From William Butler Yeats How can they know William Butler Yeats lamps solitude truth Nor seek, for this is also sooth, William Butler Yeats truth dream heart Once out of nature I shall never take William Butler Yeats byzantium nature art Come near; I would, before my time to go, William Butler Yeats red proud rose You ask what I have found and far and wide I go, William Butler Yeats dancer house men Come, fix upon me that accusing eye. William Butler Yeats saving eye lying An age is the reversal of an age: William Butler Yeats what-matters age men I whispered, 'I am too young,' and then, 'I am old enough'; wherefore I threw a penny to find out if I might love. William Butler Yeats pennies enough might ...How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face... "When You Are Old And Gray William Butler Yeats bending-down love men I believe when I am in the mood that all nature is full of people whom we cannot see, and that some of these are ugly or grotesque, and some wicked or foolish, but very many beautiful beyond any one we have ever seen, and that these are not far away... and the simple of all times and the wise men of ancient times have seen them and even spoken to them. William Butler Yeats wise beautiful believe How can I, that girl standing there, My attention fix On Roman or on Russian Or on Spanish politics? Yet here's a travelled man that knows What he talks about, And there's a politician That has read and thought, And maybe what they say is true Of war and war's alarms, But O that I were young again And held her in my arms! William Butler Yeats girl men war A mermaid found a swimming lad, Picked him up for her own, Pressed her body to his body, Laughed; and plunging down Forgot in cruel happiness That even lovers drown. William Butler Yeats mermaid swimming body A living man is blind and drinks his drop. William Butler Yeats what-matters men life What if I bade you leave William Butler Yeats what-if exercise wind Where the world ends William Butler Yeats miracle fire roots For what but eye and ear silence the mind William Butler Yeats silence eye mind The hare grows old as she plays in the sun William Butler Yeats eye age play And I will find some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,/ Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings. William Butler Yeats dropping veils morning O heart, we are old; William Butler Yeats tears heart men All the great masters have understood that there cannot be great art without the little limited life of the fable, which is always better the simpler it is, and the rich, far-wandering, many-imaged life of the half-seen world beyond it William Butler Yeats half world art
