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1892 [w-b-yeats] When You Are Old
The Rose

Told to a woman who is still young: one day, nodding by the fire, take down this book and remember that one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, and the sorrows of your changing face.

#lyric #love #aging #1890s
1890 [w-b-yeats] The Lake Isle of Innisfree
The Rose

Yeats's longing for the simple life on Innisfree — a cabin, nine bean-rows, a hive for the honey-bee — heard even in the deep heart's core while standing on city pavements.

#lyric #nature #longing #escape #1890s

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