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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN YOU ARE OLD, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Recitation Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When you are old and grey and full of sleep Last Line: And hid his face amid a crowd of stars. Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B. Variant Title(s): Sonnet To Helen: 1 Subject(s): Desire; Loss; Love; Memory; Old Age | |||
When you are old and gray 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 Murmur, a little sadly, how love fled And paced upon the mountains overhead And hid his face amid a crowd of stars. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AT EIGHTY I CHANGE MY VIEW by DAVID IGNATOW FAWN'S FOSTER-MOTHER by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE DEER LAY DOWN THEIR BONES by ROBINSON JEFFERS OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A WINTER ODE TO THE OLD MEN OF LUMMUS PARK, / MIAMI, FLORIDA by DONALD JUSTICE AFTER A LINE BY JOHN PEALE BISHOP by DONALD JUSTICE TO HER BODY, AGAINST TIME by ROBERT KELLY SONG FROM A COUNTRY FAIR by LEONIE ADAMS SIXTEEN DEAD MEN by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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