William Butler Yeats

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“I have old women’s secrets now
That had those of the young;
Madge tells me what I dared not think
When my blood was strong....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

““Love is all
Unsatisfied
That cannot take the whole
Body and soul....””
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“Irrational streams of blood are staining earth;
Empedocles has thrown all things about;
Hector is dead and there’s a light in Troy;
We that look on but laugh in tragic joy.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“She sings as the moon sings:
“I am I, am I;
The greater grows my lift
The further that I fly.”
All creation shivers
With that sweet cry.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)