Famous quotes containing the words william butler yeats, butler yeats, william butler, butler and/or yeats:
“only an aching heart
Conceives a changeless work of art.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“If strange men come from the house
To lead her away do not say
That she is happy being crazy;
Lead gently astray;
Let her finish her dance,
Let her finish her dance.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“when we have blamed the wind we can blame love....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“our part
To murmur name upon name,
As a mother names her child
When sleep at last has come
On limbs that had run wild.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Why should I seek for love or study it?
It is of God and passes human wit;
I study hatred with great diligence,
For that’s a passion in my own control,
A sort of besom that can clear the soul
Of everything that is not mind or sense.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)