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Dr Mabuse
02-06-2007, 09:12 PM
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.

Yeats

MarieLaveau
02-06-2007, 09:14 PM
*chillbumps*
:gogdog:

Rozz
02-06-2007, 09:16 PM
wow. That was a good one.:ssad:

:ssmile:

ded i
02-07-2007, 06:17 AM
The title is WHEN you are old and gray - so is the poem a contemplation or a warning ?

Umberto
02-07-2007, 12:05 PM
killer.

Dr Mabuse
10-17-2007, 05:23 PM
being that this is one of my top 10 of all time... if not top 5...

and one of the best ever penned by anyone...

a bump so more people can read it...