Yeats

Famous quotes containing the word yeats:

“That country where a man can be so crossed;
Can be so battered, badgered and destroyed
That he’s a loveless man....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“Remember all those renowned generations,
Remember all that have sunk in their blood,
Remember all that have died on the scaffold,
Remember all that have fled, that have stood,
Stood, took death like a tune
On an old tambourine.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

““And did you keep no gold, Tom?
You had three kegs,” said he.
“I never thought of that, Sir;”
“Then want before you die.”
And want he did;”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)