portrait of this blog's author - by Stephen Blackman 2008

Monday, October 07, 2024

Thought For The Day | WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS by Alice Boughton

 One for my Irish roots! (Celtic on my dad’s side and Gaelic on my mother’s!) 




“Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.”  

— William Butler Yeats by Alice Boughton

2 comments:

speedymjb said...

My favorite poet. Did a project on him in college on his belief systems about the gyres.

Andy Swapp said...

Oh yeah, ain’t he great! Right up there with the very best of course if not my own personal favourite but a master no doubt. Thanks for stopping by Speedy! (a treat being a comment from you!)