|

|

Advertisements

William Butler Yeats Quotes

Sing, for it may be that your thoughts have plucked some medicable herb to make our grief less bitter Picture Quote #1

I heard an old religious man but yesternight declare that he had found a text to prove that only God, my dear, could love you for yourself alone and not your yellow hair Picture Quote #1

I think that a fierce woman's better, a woman that breaks away when you have thought her won, for I'd be fed and hungry at one time Picture Quote #1

And pluck till time and times are done The silver apples of the moon, the golden apples of the sun Picture Quote #1

I hear lake water lapping with low sound by the shore... I hear it in the deep hear's core Picture Quote #1

The woods of arcady are dead, and over it their antique joy; of old the world on dreaming fed; gray truth is now her painted toy Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

So the platonic year whirls out new right and wrong, whirls in the old instead; all men are dancers and their tread goes to the barbarous clangour of a gong Picture Quote #1

Time drops in decay like a candle burnt out. And the mountains and woods have their day, have their day; but, kindly old rout of the fire born moods, you pass not away Picture Quote #1

Never shall a young man, thrown into despair by those great honey - coloured ramparts at your ear, love you for yourself alone and not your yellow hair Picture Quote #1

I will arise and go now, for always night and day I hear lake water lapping... I hear it in the deep heart's core Picture Quote #1

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner Picture Quote #1

Fairies in Ireland are sometimes as big as we are, sometimes bigger, and sometimes, as I have been told, about three feet high Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

We had fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love Picture Quote #1

Jonathan Swift made a soul for the gentlemen of this city by hating his neighbor as himself Picture Quote #1

It is so many years before one can believe enough in what one feels even to know what the feeling is Picture Quote #1

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood - dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned Picture Quote #1

Never to have lived is best, ancient writers say; Never to have drawn the breath of life, never to have looked into the eye of day; The second best's a gay good night and quickly turn away Picture Quote #1

O chestnut tree, great rooted blossomer, Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole? O body swayed to music, O brightening glance, How can we know the dancer from the dance? Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

It takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for a soldier to fight on a battlefield Picture Quote #1

We know their dream; enough to know they dreamed and are dead; and what if excess of love bewildered them till they died? Picture Quote #1

But I being poor have only my dreams. I have laid my dreams beneath your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams Picture Quote #1

So like a bit of stone I lie under a broken tree. I could recover if I shrieked my heart's agony to passing bird, but I am dumb Picture Quote #1

But he heard high up in the air a piper piping away, and never was piping so sad, and never was piping so gay Picture Quote #1

When one gets quiet, then something wakes up inside one, something happy and quiet like the stars Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

The nineteenth century and after though the great song return no more there's keen delight in what we have:the rattle of pebbles on the shore under the receding wave Picture Quote #1

All art is, indeed, a monotony in external things for the sake of an interior variety, a sacrifice of gross effects to subtle effects, an asceticism of the imagination Picture Quote #1

Their chief occupations are feasting, fighting, and making love, and playing the most beautiful music. They have only one industrious person amongst them, the lepracaun - the shoemaker Picture Quote #1

On Midsummer Eve, when the bonfires are lighted on every hill in honour of St. John, the fairies are at their gayest, and sometime steal away beautiful mortals to be their brides Picture Quote #1

Ah, you may tell the girls that they must now get their turn. My punishment was to last till I was thought worthy of a reward for the way I done my duty. You'll see me no more Picture Quote #1

The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober Picture Quote #1

1 - 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

Sing, for it may be that your thoughts have plucked some medicable herb to make our grief less bitter (William Butler Yeats Quotes) I heard an old religious man but yesternight declare that he had found a text to prove that only God, my dear, could love you for yourself alone and not your yellow hair (William Butler Yeats Quotes) I think that a fierce woman's better, a woman that breaks away when you have thought her won, for I'd be fed and hungry at one time (William Butler Yeats Quotes) And pluck till time and times are done The silver apples of the moon, the golden apples of the sun (William Butler Yeats Quotes) I hear lake water lapping with low sound by the shore... I hear it in the deep hear's core (William Butler Yeats Quotes) The woods of arcady are dead, and over it their antique joy; of old the world on dreaming fed; gray truth is now her painted toy (William Butler Yeats Quotes) So the platonic year whirls out new right and wrong, whirls in the old instead; all men are dancers and their tread goes to the barbarous clangour of a gong (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Time drops in decay like a candle burnt out. And the mountains and woods have their day, have their day; but, kindly old rout of the fire born moods, you pass not away (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Never shall a young man, thrown into despair by those great honey - coloured ramparts at your ear, love you for yourself alone and not your yellow hair (William Butler Yeats Quotes) I will arise and go now, for always night and day I hear lake water lapping... I hear it in the deep heart's core (William Butler Yeats Quotes) The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Fairies in Ireland are sometimes as big as we are, sometimes bigger, and sometimes, as I have been told, about three feet high (William Butler Yeats Quotes) We had fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Jonathan Swift made a soul for the gentlemen of this city by hating his neighbor as himself (William Butler Yeats Quotes) It is so many years before one can believe enough in what one feels even to know what the feeling is (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood - dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Never to have lived is best, ancient writers say; Never to have drawn the breath of life, never to have looked into the eye of day; The second best's a gay good night and quickly turn away (William Butler Yeats Quotes) O chestnut tree, great rooted blossomer, Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole? O body swayed to music, O brightening glance, How can we know the dancer from the dance? (William Butler Yeats Quotes) It takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for a soldier to fight on a battlefield (William Butler Yeats Quotes) We know their dream; enough to know they dreamed and are dead; and what if excess of love bewildered them till they died? (William Butler Yeats Quotes) But I being poor have only my dreams. I have laid my dreams beneath your feet. Tread softly because you tread on my dreams (William Butler Yeats Quotes) So like a bit of stone I lie under a broken tree. I could recover if I shrieked my heart's agony to passing bird, but I am dumb (William Butler Yeats Quotes) But he heard high up in the air a piper piping away, and never was piping so sad, and never was piping so gay (William Butler Yeats Quotes) When one gets quiet, then something wakes up inside one, something happy and quiet like the stars (William Butler Yeats Quotes) The nineteenth century and after though the great song return no more there's keen delight in what we have:the rattle of pebbles on the shore under the receding wave (William Butler Yeats Quotes) All art is, indeed, a monotony in external things for the sake of an interior variety, a sacrifice of gross effects to subtle effects, an asceticism of the imagination (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Their chief occupations are feasting, fighting, and making love, and playing the most beautiful music. They have only one industrious person amongst them, the lepracaun - the shoemaker (William Butler Yeats Quotes) On Midsummer Eve, when the bonfires are lighted on every hill in honour of St. John, the fairies are at their gayest, and sometime steal away beautiful mortals to be their brides (William Butler Yeats Quotes) Ah, you may tell the girls that they must now get their turn. My punishment was to last till I was thought worthy of a reward for the way I done my duty. You'll see me no more (William Butler Yeats Quotes) The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober (William Butler Yeats Quotes)

1 - 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10