[identity profile] cepebpo.livejournal.com posting in [community profile] greatpoetry
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,
Murmer, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.


Yeats

Date: 2002-06-10 02:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] daisydumont.livejournal.com
Oh, cepebpo, that is so beautiful. I love that poem. Thanks for posting it.

Date: 2002-06-10 02:10 pm (UTC)

Date: 2002-06-10 02:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] conductcoda.livejournal.com
That is my favorite Yeats! I love that dearly... :D

Date: 2002-06-11 05:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mery-bast.livejournal.com
Gorgeous! Thanks for posting!

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