Famous Quotes | I had not given a penny for a...

I had not given a penny for a song
Did not the poet sing it with such airs
That one believed he had a sword upstairs;
Yet would be now, could I but have my wish,
Colder and dumber and deafer than a fish. - William Butler Yeats
Attribution: William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), Irish poet, playwright. “All Things Can Tempt Me.”

Categories: Flamboyance, Life, Playwright, Poetry And Poets

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