1,059 Quotes by William Butler Yeats

Once out of nature I shall never take My bodily form from any natural thing, But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make.

Though pedantry denies, It’s plain the Bible means That Solomon grew wise While talking with his queens...

A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment’s thought, our stitching and unstitching has been naught.

I disagreed with him about everything, but I admired him beyond words.

There is only one romance the Soul’s.

You will forget me soon. Oh dear one, hate me rather than forget.

The winds awaken, the leaves whirl round, Our cheeks are pale, our hair is unbound, Our breasts are heaving, our eyes are agleam, Our arms are waving, our lips are apart...

I will make rigid my roots and branches. It is not now my turn to burst into leaves and flowers.

Great Powers of falling wave and wind and windy fire, With your harmonious choir Encircle her I love and sing her into peace, That my old care may cease...