When you are old

by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)

When you are old and grey and full of sleep,

And nodding by the fire, take down this book,

And slowly read, and dream of the soft look

Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

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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;

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And bending down beside the glowing bars,

Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled

And paced upon the mountains overhead

And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

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Quotes by WB Yeats :

All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions.

Think like a wise man, but communicate in the language of the people.

Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by!
(Epitaph for himself)

The innocent and the beautiful
Have no enemy but time.