224 ordspråk av William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats föddes den June 13th 1865 och dog den 28 January 1939 - Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923.
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 I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore. . . .I hear it in the deep heart's core. |
| I hear the wind a blow I hear the grass a grow, And all that I know, I know. But I will not speak, I will run away. |
| I heard the old, old, men say "all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters |
| I sigh that kiss you, For I must own That I shall miss you When you have grown. |
| I think a man and a woman should choose each other for life, for the simple reason that a long life with all its accidents is barely enough for a man and a woman to understand each other; and in this case to understand is to love. |
| I think it better that at times like these We poets keep our mouths shut, for in truth We have no gift to set a statesman right; He's had enough of meddling who can please A young girl in the indolence of her youth Or an old man upon a winter's night. |
| I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right |
| I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind. |
| I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so beautiful. One almost expects the people to sing instead of speaking. It is all . . . like an opera. |
| I would be -- for no knowledge is worth a straw -- Ignorant and wanton as the dawn. |
| I would mould a world of fire and dew. |
| I'd as soon listen to dried peas in a bladder, as listen to your thoughts. |
| If I make the lashes dark And the eyes more bright And the lips more scarlet, Or ask if all be right From mirror after mirror, No vanity's displayed: I'm looking for the face I had Before the world was made. |
| If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise. |
| If you believe in God, You are my soul's one friend. |
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