Yeats

Famous quotes containing the word yeats:

    “Though pedantry denies,
    It’s plain the Bible means
    That Solomon grew wise
    While talking with his queens....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “The mountain throws a shadow,
    Thin is the moon’s horn;
    What did we remember
    Under the ragged thorn?
    Dread has followed longing,
    And our hearts are torn.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “What made the drapery glisten so?
    Not a man but Delacroix.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)