English 1118-54 Online 19 October 2014 Explication of “When You Are Old” by William Butler Yeats 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 sh...
John Cage:The Seasons- : Prelude 1, Winter Vivaldi:The Four Seasons, Winter: II. Largo Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.1 "Winter Daydreams" Franz Schubert:Winterreise- Frühlingstraum (Dream of Springtime) Here's the Spotify playlist:Winter Music(20 tracks, total time: 1 hour)I especially like the...
“WhenYouAreOld” The poem “WhenYouAreOld” written by William ButlerYeatsis a poem spoken by an anonymous narrator. The narrator seems to be talking to a woman and refers to her youth and his love for her throughout the poem. In the first stanza‚ the narrator speaks about the woman...
Kelley is a missionary with a cause: To communicate 'the substance of being Irish' By Greg O'Brien Special to the BIR The distinguished Irish poet and playwright W.B. Yeats once posed the challenge: "to hold, in a single thought, reality and justice." Edris B. Kelley — a former ...