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William Butler Yeats quotes

Irish Poet June 13, 1865 – January 28, 1939

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William Butler Yeats quote: "Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the..."
Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round. William Butler Yeats
Come away, O human child: To the waters and the wild with a fairy, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand. William Butler Yeats
Once you attempt legislation upon religious grounds, you open the way for every kind of intolerance and religious persecution. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "Where there is nothing, there is God."
Where there is nothing, there is God. William Butler Yeats
For he comes, the human child! To the waters and the wild. With a faery, hand in hand, From a world more full of weeping than he can understand. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "The only business of the head in the world is to bow a..."
The only business of the head in the world is to bow a ceaseless obeisance to the heart. William Butler Yeats
Come away, O human child!To the waters and the wildWith a faery, hand in hand,For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand. William Butler Yeats
I went out to the hazel woodbecause a fire was in my headcut and peeled a hazel wandand hooked a berry to a threadand when white moths were on the wingand moth-like stars were flickering out. I dropped the berry in a stream, and caught a little silver trout....(Song of Wandering Aengus) William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "Labour is blossoming or dancing where. The body is not bruised..."
Labour is blossoming or dancing where. The body is not bruised to pleasure soul. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "It is so many years before one can believe enough in what one..."
It is so many years before one can believe enough in what one feels even to know what the feeling is William Butler Yeats
I have known more men destroyed by the desire to have wife and child and to keep them in comfort than I have seen destroyed by drink and harlots. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss,..."
How far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "Irish poets, learn your trade,sing whatever is well made,scorn..."
Irish poets, learn your trade,sing whatever is well made,scorn the sort now growing upall out of shape from toe to top. William Butler Yeats
William Butler Yeats quote: "But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?"
But was there ever dog that praised his fleas? William Butler Yeats

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