May 07, 2022

GREAT QUOTES OF WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

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GREAT QUOTES OF W B YEATS


“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” - W.B. Yeats

“I have spread my dreams under your feet.
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.” - W.B. Yeats

“For he would be thinking of love
Till the stars had run away
And the shadows eaten the moon.” - W.B. Yeats

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” - William Butler Yeats

“Come away, O human child!
To the waters and the wild
With a faery, hand in hand,
For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.” - William Butler Yeats

“Faeries, come take me out of this dull world,
For I would ride with you upon the wind,
Run on the top of the dishevelled tide,
And dance upon the mountains like a flame.” - William Butler Yeats

“A mermaid found a swimming lad,
Picked him up for her own,
Pressed her body to his body,
Laughed; and plunging down
Forgot in cruel happiness
That even lovers drown.” - W.B. Yeats

“Life is a long preparation for something that never happens.” - W.B. Yeats 

 “But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."
(Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven)” - W.B. Yeats