'When you are old' a Poem by W.B.Yeats, music by Paul Allan.
I haved loved this beautiful poem of unrequited love by W.B.Yeats for many years and at some point these chords and this melody came together, the result is here for your enjoyment. I dedicate this to Paul McManus for his kind words and to my friend Gavin Lockey who inspired the inclusion of the three Caspar David Friedrich paintings. When you are old - 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 shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face; And bending down beside the glowing bars, Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled And paced upon the mountains overhead And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
I haved loved this beautiful poem of unrequited love by W.B.Yeats for many years and at some point these chords and this melody came together, the result is here for your enjoyment. I dedicate this to Paul McManus for his kind words and to my friend Gavin Lockey who inspired the inclusion of the three Caspar David Friedrich paintings. When you are old - 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 shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face; And bending down beside the glowing bars, Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled And paced upon the mountains overhead And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.