What did William Butler Yeats mean by: If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise. - William Butler Yeats Poet · Ireland Copy
+ There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet’s wings. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Butler Yeats, Midnight, Wings, 0 - William Butler Yeats Poet · Ireland
+ Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice? Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Butler Yeats, Broken Heart, Sacrifice, 0 - William Butler Yeats Poet · Ireland
+ The tragedy of sexual intercourse is the perpetual virginity of the soul. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Butler Yeats, Sex, Soul, Tragedy, 0 - William Butler Yeats Poet · Ireland
+ I heard the old, old, men say ‘all that’s beautiful drifts away, like the waters.’ Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Butler Yeats, Beautiful, Beauty, 0 - William Butler Yeats Poet · Ireland
+ No man has ever lived that had enough of children’s gratitude or woman’s love. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Butler Yeats, Children, Family, Gratitude, 0 - William Butler Yeats Poet · Ireland
+ We can only begin to live when we conceive life as Tragedy. Feraz Zeid, July 22, 2023December 12, 2023, William Butler Yeats, Tragedy, 0 - William Butler Yeats Poet · Ireland
+ What is literature but the expression of moods by the vehicle of symbol and incident? Explain Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024February 9, 2024, William Butler Yeats, Expression, Literature, Mood, 0 - William Butler Yeats Poet · Ireland
+ And learn that the best thing is To change my loves while dancing And pay but a kiss for a kiss. Feraz Zeid, January 15, 2024January 15, 2024, William Butler Yeats, Dancing, Kissing, Pay, 0 - William Butler Yeats Poet · Ireland
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