{"id":1963,"date":"2017-01-07T15:58:19","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T15:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/?p=1963"},"modified":"2024-09-24T16:01:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T16:01:08","slug":"when-you-are-old-w-b-yeats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.robgoll.com\/content\/audio-recordings\/when-you-are-old-w-b-yeats\/","title":{"rendered":"When You Are Old \u2014 W. B. Yeats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Poem 7 \u2014 100 Days of Poetry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"When You Are Old by W  B  Yeats \u2014 Poem read by Rob Goll #100daysofpoetry Poem 7\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EQRCcdZEUK4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Poem:<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>When You Are Old<\/em> by W. B. Yeats reflects on love, aging, and memory. In this poignant poem, Yeats imagines an older lover reading from a book of memories, reflecting on the beauty of youth and the deep love once shared.<\/p>\n<p>W. B. Yeats (1865\u20131939) was one of the leading poets of the 20th century and a key figure in the Romantic movement. <em>When You Are Old<\/em> remains one of his most cherished works.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>When You Are Old<\/strong> by William Butler Yeats<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When you are old and grey and full of sleep,<br \/>\nAnd nodding by the fire, take down this book,<br \/>\nAnd slowly read, and dream of the soft look<br \/>\nYour eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;<\/p>\n<p>How many loved your moments of glad grace,<br \/>\nAnd loved your beauty with love false or true,<br \/>\nBut one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,<br \/>\nAnd loved the sorrows of your changing face;<\/p>\n<p>And bending down beside the glowing bars,<br \/>\nMurmur, a little sadly, how Love fled<br \/>\nAnd paced upon the mountains overhead<br \/>\nAnd hid his face amid a crowd of stars.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>My Reflections on the Poem:<\/strong><br \/>\nRecording <em>When You Are Old<\/em> was a powerful reminder of the passage of time and the beauty of love that endures beyond physical appearance. Yeats\u2019 ability to capture the emotional depth of aging and longing speaks directly to the human experience.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This post is part of my <em>100 Days of Poetry<\/em> series, where I embarked on a journey to record and share 100 poems over 100 days in 2017. 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