Men Improve With The Years
I am worn out with dreams; A weather-worn, marble triton Among the streams; And all day long I look Upon this ladys beauty As though I had found in book A pictured beauty, Pleased to have filled the eyes Or the discerning ears, Delighted to be but wise, For men improve with the years; And yet and yet Is this my dream, or the truth? O would that we had met When I had my burning youth; But I grow old among dreams, A weather-worn, marble triton Among the streams.
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"I am worn out with dreams;..."
Exploring the themes of classic, William Butler Yeats delivers a powerful performance in "Men Improve With The Years"... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...