Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, the blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere the ceremony of innocence is drowned.
William Butler Yeats
Loosed Anarchy, Blood-Dimmed Tide, Innocence Drowned, Chaos, Tragedy, Reflection
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“For wisdom is the property of the dead, A something incompatible with life; and power, Like everything that has the stain of blood, A property of the living; but no stain Can come upon the visage of the moon When it has looked in glory from a cloud.” William Butler Yeats
Wisdom Of Dead, Bloodstained Power, Moon’s Glory, Eternity, Reflection, Duality
William Butler Yeats Wisdom Of Dead, Bloodstained Power, Moon’s Glory, Eternity, Reflection, Duality“A terrible beauty is born.” William Butler Yeats
Beauty, Transformation, Tragedy, Strength, Inspiration, Awakening
William Butler Yeats Beauty, Transformation, Tragedy, Strength, Inspiration, Awakening“While man can still his body keep Wine or love drug him to sleep, Waking he thanks the Lord that he Has body and its stupidity...” William Butler Yeats
Body Stupidity, Wine Love Sleep, Gratitude, Reflection, Mortality
William Butler Yeats Body Stupidity, Wine Love Sleep, Gratitude, Reflection, Mortality“Why should the imagination of a man Long past his prime remember things that are Emblematical of love and war?” William Butler Yeats
Fading Memory, Emblems Of War, Past Prime, Romantic Reflection, Poetic Imagination, Time’s Echo
William Butler Yeats Fading Memory, Emblems Of War, Past Prime, Romantic Reflection, Poetic Imagination, Time’s Echo“Let the new faces play what tricks they will In the old rooms; night can outbalance day, Our shadows rove the garden gravel still, The living seem more shadowy than they.” William Butler Yeats
New Faces, Night Shadows, Garden Gravel, Faces, Night, Shadows
William Butler Yeats New Faces, Night Shadows, Garden Gravel, Faces, Night, Shadows“My soul had found All happiness in its own cause or ground. Godhead on Godhead in sexual spasm begot Godhead. Some shadow fell. My soul forgot Those amorous cries that out of quiet come And must the common round of day resume.” William Butler Yeats
Spiritual Union, Lost Happiness, Daily Struggles, Soul, Happiness, Union
William Butler Yeats Spiritual Union, Lost Happiness, Daily Struggles, Soul, Happiness, Union“Women are hard and proud and stubborn-hearted, Their heads being turned with praise and flattery; And that is why their lovers are afraid To tell them a plain story.” William Butler Yeats
Proud Women, Stubborn Hearts, Honest Stories, Lovers, Flattery, Fear
William Butler Yeats Proud Women, Stubborn Hearts, Honest Stories, Lovers, Flattery, Fear“I went out to the hazelwood because a fire was in my head.” William Butler Yeats
Hazelwood Fire, Burning Thought, Inspiration, Quest, Passion, Discovery
William Butler Yeats Hazelwood Fire, Burning Thought, Inspiration, Quest, Passion, Discovery“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“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.” William Butler Yeats
Inner Beauty, True Love, Changing Faces, Soul, Love, Beauty
William Butler Yeats Inner Beauty, True Love, Changing Faces, Soul, Love, Beauty“His element is so fine Being sharpened by his death, To drink from the wine-breath While our gross palates drink from the whole wine.” William Butler Yeats
Refined Essence, Death’s Clarity, Elevated Spirit, Death, Essence, Spirit
William Butler Yeats Refined Essence, Death’s Clarity, Elevated Spirit, Death, Essence, Spirit“Land of Heart’s Desire Where beauty has no ebb, decay no flood, But joy is wisdom, time an endless song.” William Butler Yeats
Heart’s Desire, Endless Song, Joy Wisdom, Beauty, Time, Joy
William Butler Yeats Heart’s Desire, Endless Song, Joy Wisdom, Beauty, Time, Joy“Sweetheart, do not love too long: I loved long and long, And grew to be out of fashion Like an old song.” William Butler Yeats
Time Passing, Love Fading, Nostalgia, Aging, Memories, Reflection
William Butler Yeats Time Passing, Love Fading, Nostalgia, Aging, Memories, Reflection“Life moves out of a red flare of dreams Into a common light of common hours, Until old age brings the red flare again.” William Butler Yeats
Dreams, Reality, Aging, Inspiration, Reflection, Renewal
William Butler Yeats Dreams, Reality, Aging, Inspiration, Reflection, Renewal“Come away, O human child: To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.” William Butler Yeats
Waters And Wild, Fairy’s Hand, World’s Weeping, Innocence, Escape, Sorrow
William Butler Yeats Waters And Wild, Fairy’s Hand, World’s Weeping, Innocence, Escape, Sorrow“Nor seek, for this is also sooth, To hunger fiercely after truth, Lest all thy toiling only breeds New dreams, new dreams; there is no truth Saving in thine own heart.” William Butler Yeats
Truth, Searching, Dreams, Self-awareness, Introspection, Understanding
William Butler Yeats Truth, Searching, Dreams, Self-awareness, Introspection, Understanding“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
Compromise Idea, Englishman Truth, God Debate, Compromise, God, Truth
William Butler Yeats Compromise Idea, Englishman Truth, God Debate, Compromise, God, Truth“I thought it out this very day, Noon upon the clock, A man may put pretence away Who leans upon a stick, May sing, and sing until he drop, Whether to maid or hag.” William Butler Yeats
Pretence Away, Singing Man, Clock Noon, Simplicity, Aging, Reality
William Butler Yeats Pretence Away, Singing Man, Clock Noon, Simplicity, Aging, Reality