Yeats

Famous quotes containing the word yeats:

“A shudder in the loins engenders there
The broken wall, the burning roof and tower”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“The elaborate star-light throws a reflection
On the dark stream,
Till all the eddies gleam;
And thereupon there comes that scream
From terrified, invisible beast or bird:
Image of poignant recollection.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“No boughs have withered because of the wintry wind;
The boughs have withered because I have told them my dreams.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)