There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
WILLIAM BUTLER YEATSAnd I will find some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings.
More William Butler Yeats Quotes
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Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.
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only an aching heart Conceives a changeless work of art.
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I broke my heart in two So hard I struck. What matter? for I know That out of rock, Out of a desolate source, Love leaps upon its course.
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It seems to me that true love is a discipline.
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The visible world is no longer a reality and the unseen world no longer a dream.
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Hammer your thoughts into unity.
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The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.
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The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
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The winds that awakened the stars Are blowing through my blood.
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Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
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Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.
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I heard the old, old, men say ‘all that’s beautiful drifts away, like the waters.’
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If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.
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One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
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All dreams of the soul End in a beautiful man’s or woman’s body.
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