More from William Butler Yeats

  1. Englishmen are babes in philosophy and so prefer faction-fighting to the labour of its unfamiliar thought.
  2. Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet; She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet. She bid me take love easy, as…
  3. The official designs of the Government, especially its designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage, may be described, I think, as…
  4. Where dips the rocky highland Of Sleuth Wood in the lake, There lies a leafy island Where flapping herons wake The drowsy water rats; There…
  5. I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind.
  6. The woods of Arcady are dead, And over is their antique joy; Of old the world on dreaming fed; Grey Truth is now her painted toy; Yet still…
  7. This country will not always be an uncomfortable place for a country gentleman to live in, and it is most important that we should keep in …
  8. Words alone are certain good.

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