Re: Some Yeats


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Posted by Nan on August 26, 1997 at 16:18:02:


In reply to Some Yeats posted by Laraine on August 26, 1997 at 14:09:31


] Following is my all-time favorite Yeats poem. It's the second stanza that gets me every time:

] When You Are Old

] 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;

It's so strange that you should mention this poem--it's long been my favorite too. I was sifting through some old books Sunday night and came upon it...and fell in love all over again. So lovely it hurts...




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