Everything that man esteems Endures a moment or a day. Love's pleasure drives his love… — W.B. Yeats
Everything that man esteems Endures a moment or a day. Love's pleasure drives his love away, The painter's brush consumes his dreams.
1928
★ 3.6Provenance
Current citation
Yeats, William Butler. "Two Songs From a Play." The Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats. Wordsworth Editions, 2000.
Original citation
Yeats, William Butler. "Two Songs From a Play." The Tower. Macmillan & Company, 1928.