Famous quotes containing the words william butler yeats, butler yeats, william butler, butler and/or yeats:
““Only the wasteful virtues earn the sun....”
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—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Miracle had its playtime where
In damask clothed and on a seat
Chryselephantine, cedar-boarded,
His majestic Mother sat
Stitching at a purple hoarded
That He might be nobly breeched....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“their eyes still fixed, hoping to find once more,
Being by Calvary’s turbulence unsatisfied,
The uncontrollable mystery on the bestial floor.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“this caricature,
Decrepit age that has been tied to me
As to a dog’s tail?”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)