And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches toward Bethlehem to be born?
William Butler YeatsO what fine thought we had because we thought that the worst rogues and rascals had died out.
William Butler YeatsIt is most important that we should keep in this country a certain leisured class. I am of the opinion of the ancient Jewish book which says there is no wisdom without leisure.
William Butler YeatsOnce out of nature I shall never take My bodily form from any natural thing, But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make Of hammered gold and gold enameling To keep a drowsy Emperor awake; Or set upon a golden bough to sing To lords and ladies of Byzantium Of what is past, or passing, or to come.
William Butler Yeats