Comment by Dermott Ryder on April 2, 2012 at 12:16

Great teamwork…
An intriguing presentation, nuanced, intuitive, engaging, I am reasonably sure that WBY would commend your perceptive handling of this work.

WHEN YOU ARE OLD
William Butler Yeats 1865–1939

When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
and nodding by the fire, take down this book,
and slowly read, and dream of the soft look
your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,
and loved your beauty with love false or true,
but one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
and loved the sorrows of your changing face,

and bending down beside the glowing bars,
murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
and paced upon the mountains overhead
and hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

I recommend, for further informative listening, John Kavanagh’s ‘Life and Times of W B Yeats’ Naxos NA 22412. This release contains a commentary on his life and sixty of his poems.

Regards
Dermott Ryder

Comment by FreshInk on April 2, 2012 at 17:18

Thanks, Dermott. Really pleased to hear this.

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