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Quotation by William Butler Yeats
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William Butler Yeats (782)Additional Sources
Collected Letters, vol. 1, ed. John Kelly (1986)"A Bronze Head"A Coat Responsibilities (1914)A Coat"A Cradle Song"Related Subjects
youth (24) death (15) love (11) wisdom (11) aging (9) memory (7) experience (6) folly (6) time (5) women (5)
"... I have what no young man can have
Because he loves too much.
Words I have that can pierce the heart,
But what can he do but touch?"
Day-break and a candle end.
Because he loves too much.
Words I have that can pierce the heart,
But what can he do but touch?"
Day-break and a candle end.
William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), Irish poet, playwright. "The Wild Old Wicked Man."
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