Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MEN IMPROVE WITH THE YEARS, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I am worn out with dreams Last Line: Among the streams. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Subject(s): Aging; Men; Regret | ||||||||
I AM worn out with dreams; A weather-worn, marble triton Among the streams; And all day long I look Upon this lady's beauty As though I had found in a book A pictured beauty, Pleased to have filled the eyes Or the discerning ears, Delighted to be but wise, For men improve with the years; And yet, and yet, Is this my dream, or the truth? O would that we had met When I had my burning youth! But I grow old among dreams, A weather-worn, marble triton Among the streams. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DEEP SORRINESS ATONEMENT SONG by GLYN MAXWELL MINOR MIRACLE by MARILYN NELSON A RENUNCIATION OF THE DESERT PRIMROSE; FOR J. ROBERT OPPENHEIMER by NORMAN DUBIE IN RETROSPECT by DAVID IGNATOW LULLABY FOR REGRET by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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