William Butler Yeats
Ireland
13 Jun 1865 // 28 Jan 1939
Poet
13 Jun 1865 // 28 Jan 1939
Poet
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And I may dine at journey's end
With Landor and with Donne.
With Landor and with Donne.
The Wild Swans at Coole 1919. To a Young Beauty
Whatever flames upon the night
Man's own resinous heart has fed.
Man's own resinous heart has fed.
The Tower, 1928. Two Songs from a Play
It's certain that fine women eat
A crazy salad with their meat.
A crazy salad with their meat.
Michael Robartes and the Dancer, 1921. A Prayer for My Daughter
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
All perform their tragic play,
There struts Hamlet, there is Lear.
There struts Hamlet, there is Lear.
Last Poems, 1936-1939, Lapis Lazuli
Under bare Ben Bulben's head
In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid.
In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid.
Last Poems, 1936-1939, Under Ben Bulben
Like a long-legged fly upon the stream
His mind moves upon silence.
His mind moves upon silence.
Last Poems, 1936-1939, long-Legged fly, refrain
Upon the brimming water among the stones
Are nine-and-fifty swans.
Are nine-and-fifty swans.
The Wild Swans at Coole 1919. The Wild Swans at Coole
Fifteen apparitions have I seen;
The worst a coat upon a coat-hanger.
The worst a coat upon a coat-hanger.
Last Poems,1936-1939, The Apparitions, refrain
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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