when you are old by William Butler Yeats

when you are old

When you are old and grey and full of sleep,

And nodding by the fire, take down this book,

And slowly read, and dream of the soft look




Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,

And loved your beauty with love false or true,

But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,

And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,

Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled

And paced upon the mountains overhead

And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.


--W. B. Yeats

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[megansspark]

Very nice Brendan, loved the reading

[bafr1]

0been wanting to do this for a while watched your doubles vid to-day , loved it, very heartwarming

[rachelhopson1]

this music has noting to do with the great "Yeats...almost insulting to all irish men and women...seriously?

[SELFGOVERMENT]

I have no words for how good that was beyond thanks. so thanks.

[Mazurka1001]

@bradmanwaring

Well, "shake that ass on me" is the niggers' way of being "poetic" ...it's from the extensive NTV genre called "Muh Dick" nigger buck bellowing ... ,

[MakeUpBySally]

what are some poetic devices used in this poem?

[sunipsen]

Had I the Heaven's embroidered cloths. Yeats

[BelfastSoldier]

He's definately from Cork

[donnycar]

your are a star thanks so much as you can see i been waiting for a month.go raibh maith agut.i owe you a pint

[kittyburgha]

the poem is 'He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven' by W B Yeats

[AnotherCuppaCoffee]

Indeed

[RamblinTroubadour]

calling stuff "Irish" is very american indeed