Butler Yeats

Butler Yeats may refer to:

  • Jack Butler Yeats (1871-1957), Irish artist
  • John Butler Yeats (1839-1922), Irish artist
  • William Butler Yeats (1865-1939), Irish poet and dramatist
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Famous quotes by butler yeats:

    I agree about Shaw—he is haunted by the mystery he flouts. He is an atheist who trembles in the haunted corridor.
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    Things out of perfection sail
    And all their swelling canvas wear....
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    Those lovers, purified by tragedy,
    Hurry into each other’s arms; these eyes,
    By water, herb and solitary prayer
    Made aquiline, are open to that light.
    Though somewhat broken by the leaves, that light
    Lies in a circle on the grass.
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    All-destroying sword-blade still
    Carried by the wandering fool.
    Gold-sewn silk on the sword-blade,
    Beauty and fool together laid.
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    Imagining that I could
    A greater with a lesser pang assuage
    Or but to find if withered vein ran blood,
    I tore my body that its wine might cover
    Whatever could recall the lip of lover.
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)