William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939 / County Dublin / Ireland)
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A Man Young And Old: II. Human Dignity
Like the moon her kindness is,
If kindness I may call
What has no comprehension in't,
But is the same for all
As though my sorrow were a scene
Upon a painted wall.
So like a bit of stone I lie
Under a broken tree.
I could recover if I shrieked
My heart's agony
To passing bird, but I am dumb
From human dignity.
William Butler Yeats
Submitted: Monday, January 13, 2003
Read poems about / on: sorrow, tree, moon, heart
Poems by William Butler Yeats : 18 / 402
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A continuation from the previous poem, with the image of the moon standing for callous indifference.Because the loved one treats him impersonally, he becomes like a stone, too proud to cure himself through the expression of his feelings.