Yeats

Famous quotes containing the word yeats:

“I thought of rhyme alone,
For rhyme can beat a measure out of trouble
And make the daylight sweet once more....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“A sudden blow; the great wings beating still
Above the staggering girl,”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

““Old lovers yet may have
All that time denied
Grave is heaped on grave
That they be satisfied
Over the blackened earth
The old troops parade....””
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)