How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart.
William Butler Yeats
Distant Memories, Lost Love, Aging Heart, Stars, Love, Nostalgia
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Ireland’s Truth | Herd | Inner Struggle | Free Drinks Debate | Tomb | Lightness | Growing Loss | Ancestral Gardens | Transcendence | Art And Struggle | Hidden Essence | Truth Seeking | Poetry Custody | True Happiness | Generosity | Elevated Spirit | Determination | Moment Of Joy | Loss Of Control | Discovery | More
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“Cast your mind on other days that we in coming days may be still the indomitable Irishry.” William Butler Yeats
History, Tradition, Heritage, Resilience, Identity, Reflection
William Butler Yeats History, Tradition, Heritage, Resilience, Identity, Reflection“Farewell – farewell, For I am weary of the weight of time.” William Butler Yeats
Weary Of Time, Farewell, Reflection, Aging, Solitude, Rest
William Butler Yeats Weary Of Time, Farewell, Reflection, Aging, Solitude, Rest“Only the dead can be forgiven; But when I think of that my tongue’s a stone.” William Butler Yeats
Forgiving Dead, Heavy Tongue, Eternal Regret, Forgiven, Dead, Regret
William Butler Yeats Forgiving Dead, Heavy Tongue, Eternal Regret, Forgiven, Dead, Regret“Never shall a young man, Thrown into despair By those great honey-coloured Ramparts at your ear, Love you for yourself alone And not your yellow hair.” William Butler Yeats
Young Despair, Honey Ramparts, Yellow Hair, Despair, Ramparts, Hair
William Butler Yeats Young Despair, Honey Ramparts, Yellow Hair, Despair, Ramparts, Hair“The years like great black oxen tread the world, and God, the herdsman goads them on behind, and I am broken by their passing feet.” William Butler Yeats
Black Oxen, God’s Herdsman, Passing Years, Oxen, God, Years
William Butler Yeats Black Oxen, God’s Herdsman, Passing Years, Oxen, God, Years“I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and to keep them in comfort than I have seen destroyed by drink and harlots.” William Butler Yeats
Destructive Desires, Material Pursuits, Life’s Choices, Priorities, Temptation, Responsibility
William Butler Yeats Destructive Desires, Material Pursuits, Life’s Choices, Priorities, Temptation, Responsibility“And when you sigh from kiss to kiss I hear white Beauty sighing, too, For hours when all must fade like dew...” William Butler Yeats
Love’s Ephemerality, Beauty’s Sigh, Fleeting Passion, Romance, Yearning, Nostalgia
William Butler Yeats Love’s Ephemerality, Beauty’s Sigh, Fleeting Passion, Romance, Yearning, Nostalgia“My temptation is quiet. Here at life’s end Neither loose imagination Nor the mill of the mind Consuming its rag and bone, Can make the truth known.” William Butler Yeats
Quiet Temptation, End Of Life, Mill Of The Mind, Truth, Reflection, Finality
William Butler Yeats Quiet Temptation, End Of Life, Mill Of The Mind, Truth, Reflection, Finality“The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.” William Butler Yeats
Tragedy, Joy, Anticipation, Fate, Sorrow, Resilience
William Butler Yeats Tragedy, Joy, Anticipation, Fate, Sorrow, Resilience“THE REALISTS Hope that you may understand! What can books of men that wive In a dragon-guarded land, Paintings of the dolphin-drawn Sea-nymphs in their pearly waggons Do, but awake a hope to live That had gone With the dragons?” William Butler Yeats
Realism, Imagination, Dragons, Storytelling, Escape, Hope
William Butler Yeats Realism, Imagination, Dragons, Storytelling, Escape, Hope“Once out of nature I shall never take My bodily form from any natural thing, But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make.” William Butler Yeats
Eternal Beauty, Artistic Form, Nature Transcendence, Beauty, Art, Eternity
William Butler Yeats Eternal Beauty, Artistic Form, Nature Transcendence, Beauty, Art, Eternity“Bodies of holy men and women exude Miraculous oil, odour of violet. But under heavy loads of trampled clay Lie bodies of the vampires full of blood; Their shrouds are bloody and their lips are wet.” William Butler Yeats
Holy Bodies, Miraculous Oil, Vampire’s Blood, Holy, Miraculous, Vampire
William Butler Yeats Holy Bodies, Miraculous Oil, Vampire’s Blood, Holy, Miraculous, Vampire“This great purple butterfly, In the prison of my hands, Has a learning in his eye Not a poor fool understands.” William Butler Yeats
Purple Butterfly, Prison Hands, Hidden Wisdom, Mystic Beauty, Intricate Design, Silent Knowledge
William Butler Yeats Purple Butterfly, Prison Hands, Hidden Wisdom, Mystic Beauty, Intricate Design, Silent Knowledge“Come, fix upon me that accusing eye. I thirst for accusation. All that was sung. All that was said in Ireland is a lie Breed out of the contagion of the throng, Saving the rhyme rats hear before they die.” William Butler Yeats
Ireland’s Truth, Accusation’s Power, Poetic Reflection, Irony, Cultural Critique, Controversy
William Butler Yeats Ireland’s Truth, Accusation’s Power, Poetic Reflection, Irony, Cultural Critique, Controversy“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold.” William Butler Yeats
Falling Apart, Center Cannot Hold, Chaos And Collapse, Disorder, Fragility, Change
William Butler Yeats Falling Apart, Center Cannot Hold, Chaos And Collapse, Disorder, Fragility, Change“But O, sick children of the world, Of all the many changing things In dreary dancing past us whirled, To the cracked tune that Chronos sings, Words alone are certain good.” William Butler Yeats
Sick Children, Changing Things, Chronos Tune, Mortality, Words, Certainty
William Butler Yeats Sick Children, Changing Things, Chronos Tune, Mortality, Words, Certainty“Though pedantry denies, It’s plain the Bible means That Solomon grew wise While talking with his queens...” William Butler Yeats
Biblical Wisdom, Solomonic Insight, Queenly Guidance, Solomon, Wisdom, Queens
William Butler Yeats Biblical Wisdom, Solomonic Insight, Queenly Guidance, Solomon, Wisdom, Queens“The mystical life is at the centre of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write.” William Butler Yeats
Mystical Pursuit, Creative Inspiration, Spiritual Core, Mystical, Inspiration, Spiritual
William Butler Yeats Mystical Pursuit, Creative Inspiration, Spiritual Core, Mystical, Inspiration, Spiritual