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William Butler Yeats

Yeats -The old men Admiring Themselves In The Water

I heard the old, old men say, ‘Everything alters,
And one by one we drop away.’
They had hands like claws, and their knees
Were twisted like the old thorn-trees by the waters.
I heard the old, old men say, ‘All that’s beautiful drifts 
away Like the waters.’
Yeats – A Man Young And Old: 111 . The Mermaid

Amermaid found a swimming lad, Picked him for her own, Pressed her body to his body, Laughed; and plunging down Forgot in cruel happiness That even lovers drown
William Butler Yeats was een Ierse dichter, toneelschrijver en mysticus. 
Hij was ook een Iers senator in de jaren twintig. 
Er wordt meestal naar hem verwezen als W.B. Yeats. William Butler Yeats was een zoon van de schilder.

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