I, too, await The hour of thy great wind of love and hate. When shall the stars be blown about the sky, Like the sparks blown out of a smithy, and die?
William Butler Yeats
Great Wind, Star Sparks, Love Hate, Wind, Stars, Sky
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“Man is in love and loves what vanishes, What more is there to say?” William Butler Yeats
Impermanence, Love, Emotions, Reflection, Transience, Passion
William Butler Yeats Impermanence, Love, Emotions, Reflection, Transience, Passion“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“Heaven blazing into the head: Tragedy wrought to its uttermost. Though Hamlet rambles and Lear rages And all the drop-scenes drop at once Upon a hundred thousand stages It cannot grow by an inch or an ounce.” William Butler Yeats
Blazing Heaven, Tragedy Uttermost, Hamlet Rambles, Drama, Stages, Intensity
William Butler Yeats Blazing Heaven, Tragedy Uttermost, Hamlet Rambles, Drama, Stages, Intensity“Words alone are certain good.” William Butler Yeats
Certain Words, Language Goodness, True Expression, Words, Language, True
William Butler Yeats Certain Words, Language Goodness, True Expression, Words, Language, True“Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That’s all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die.” William Butler Yeats
Wine Love Truth, Eye Mouth, Growing Old, Truth, Simplicity, Mortality
William Butler Yeats Wine Love Truth, Eye Mouth, Growing Old, Truth, Simplicity, Mortality“I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore; While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements gray, I hear it in the deep heart’s core.” William Butler Yeats
Lake’s Lapping, Deep Core, Shore Serenity, Lake, Core, Shore
William Butler Yeats Lake’s Lapping, Deep Core, Shore Serenity, Lake, Core, Shore“It is love that I am seeking for, But of a beautiful, unheard-of kind That is not in the world.” William Butler Yeats
Love, Beauty, Uniqueness, Longing, Desire, Imagination
William Butler Yeats Love, Beauty, Uniqueness, Longing, Desire, Imagination“I would have touched it like a child But knew my finger could but have touched Cold stone and water. I grew wild, Even accusing heaven because It had set down among its laws: Nothing that we love over-much Is ponderable to our touch.” William Butler Yeats
Touching Child, Cold Stone, Heaven’s Laws, Longing, Intangibility, Limits
William Butler Yeats Touching Child, Cold Stone, Heaven’s Laws, Longing, Intangibility, Limits“I call on those that call me son, Grandson, or great-grandson, On uncles, aunts, great-uncles or great-aunts, To judge what I have done. Have I, that put it into words, Spoilt what old loins have sent?” William Butler Yeats
Family Judgment, Words Spoilt, Generational Legacy, Family, Words, Legacy
William Butler Yeats Family Judgment, Words Spoilt, Generational Legacy, Family, Words, Legacy“Those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love.” William Butler Yeats
Fight Without Hate, Guard Without Love, Conflicted Emotions, Detachment, Duty, Paradox
William Butler Yeats Fight Without Hate, Guard Without Love, Conflicted Emotions, Detachment, Duty, Paradox“All things can tempt me from this craft of verse: One time it was a woman’s face, or worse – The seeming needs of my fool-driven land; Now nothing but comes readier to the hand Than this accustomed toil.” William Butler Yeats
Temptation From Verse, Fool-Driven Land, Accustomed Toil, Art, Dedication, Distraction
William Butler Yeats Temptation From Verse, Fool-Driven Land, Accustomed Toil, Art, Dedication, Distraction“It takes more courage to dig deep in the dark corners of your own soul and the back alleys of your society than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield.” William Butler Yeats
Soul Courage, Society Depths, Battlefield Soldier, Courage, Soul, Society
William Butler Yeats Soul Courage, Society Depths, Battlefield Soldier, Courage, Soul, Society“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“Any fool can fight a winning battle, but it needs character to fight a losing one, and that should inspire us; which reminds me that I dreamed the other night that I was being hanged, but was the life and soul of the party.” William Butler Yeats
Perseverance, Courage, Defeat, Dream, Resilience, Hope
William Butler Yeats Perseverance, Courage, Defeat, Dream, Resilience, Hope“One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.” William Butler Yeats
Pilgrim Soul, Changing Sorrows, Deep Love, Eternal Bond, Inner Beauty, Romantic Devotion
William Butler Yeats Pilgrim Soul, Changing Sorrows, Deep Love, Eternal Bond, Inner Beauty, Romantic Devotion“Nor bird nor beast Could make me wish for anything this day, Being old, but that the old alone might die, And that would be against God’s Providence.” William Butler Yeats
Aging Wisdom, Divine Will, Mortal Thoughts, Acceptance, Patience, Life’s Balance
William Butler Yeats Aging Wisdom, Divine Will, Mortal Thoughts, Acceptance, Patience, Life’s Balance“If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.” William Butler Yeats
Suffering Wisdom, Lesser Knowledge, Pain’s Lesson, Poetic Resentment, Reflective Depth, Hard Truth
William Butler Yeats Suffering Wisdom, Lesser Knowledge, Pain’s Lesson, Poetic Resentment, Reflective Depth, Hard Truth“For to articulate sweet sounds together Is to work harder than all these, and yet Be thought an idler by the noisy set Of bankers, schoolmasters, and clergymen The martyrs call the world.” William Butler Yeats
Creative Expression, Art, Individuality, Criticism, Isolation, Professionalism
William Butler Yeats Creative Expression, Art, Individuality, Criticism, Isolation, Professionalism