Yeats

Famous quotes containing the word yeats:

“Come let us mock at the good
That fancied goodness might be gay,
And sick of solitude
Might proclaim a holiday:
Wind shrieked and where are they?”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“I—though heart might find relief
Did I become a Christian man and choose for my belief
What seems most welcome in the tomb—play a predestined part.
Homer is my example and his unchristened heart.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

“And may her bridegroom bring her to a house
Where all’s accustomed, ceremonious;”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)