“The Coming of Wisdom with Time Though leaves are many, the root is one, Through all the lying days of my youth I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun; Now I may wither into the truth.” WisdomTruthLyingTimeDyingYouthLivingOld Age Book:The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats Source: The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
“Burdensome beauty - for your sole sake Heaven has put away the stroke of her doom, So great her portion in that peace you make By merely walking in a room. (Broken Dreams” BeautyAgingOld Age Book:The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats Source: The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
“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” PoetryReadingBooksOld Age Book:The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats Source: The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats