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When You Are Old 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 among a crowd of stars. William Butler Yeats |
This is my contribution to the Weekend Reflections community.
13 comments:
Sweet thanks!
"But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you..."
- such an exquisite line of thought!
A beautiful sense of quiet reflection in your photo!
Reflections of a different kind, but nevertheless very appropriate! A delightful scene, beautifully framed and touching prose as an accompaniment. Thanks for sharing this beauty Julie. Have a great weekend.
I admire the grace of this avenue of trees despite it not being made up of traditionally graceful trees. The poem is also a beauty - the "pilgrim soul" grabbed me today too.
A profound reflection for the weekend, Julie, and one that I am finding now progressively more aware of as my middle age inexorably moves forward to the inevitability of old age...
Lovely photo to illustrate these words...
I remember learning this by heart when I was about 10yrs old. I didn't appreciate it's beauty then, but now I can reflect upon the lovely words. Thanks.
Those trees must be a hundred years old. A beautiful post Julie.
Is that Centennial Park?
Yes, Jim. Centennial Park stretching from the Queen St gates down to the kiosk.
Gorgeous photo, Julie. And Yeats, too.
Sigh.
Ann Chin · Auckland University
I have a similar photo which I used the Beatles" Will you still love me when I am 64?"
sorry I posted by mistake to your facebook. Does this mean we are friends now?
Such beautiful and meaningful words Julie. A good choice to accompany the image.
the photo is so perfect for the verse
lovely
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