Yeats

Famous quotes containing the word yeats:

“By his command these words are cut:
Cast a cold eye
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by!”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“Why should the imagination of a man
Long past his prime remember things that are
Emblematical of love and war?”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“Great Powers of falling wave and wind and windy fire,
With your harmonious choir
Encircle her I love and sing her into peace,
That my old care may cease....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)