Tuesday, May 15, 2001

A Faery Song Comments

Rating: 3.2

WE who are old, old and gay,
O so old!
Thousands of years, thousands of years,
If all were told:
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William Butler Yeats
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Femi Ogunlude 13 May 2024

W B Years is one of my favorite poet's. I always feel excited reading his poems.

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Dr Dillip K Swain 01 August 2023

Give to these children, new from the world....yes, yes yes!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 18 September 2022

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FAMILY of the late great Poet being chosen as the Modern Poem Of The Day. Most deserving! 5 Stars TOP Score

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Sylvia Frances Chan 18 September 2022

the gift for the children, the very best of the best, there are no better wishes, because look how we have grown old, very old but still roguish.5 Stars TOP Score

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Khairul Ahsan 16 January 2019

'Us who are old, old and gay, O so old! Thousands of years, thousands of years, If all were told.' - The lyrics end so beautifully! A nice song.

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Edward Kofi Louis 15 January 2019

Old and gay! ! Able to teach the children. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Adrian Flett 15 January 2019

'Is anything better, anything better? Tell us it then: ' A wise and beautiful song with the unanswered question...

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Mahtab Bangalee 15 January 2019

We are Old so OLD in request this seat is WORLD, don't sale The new CHILD find this NOT SOLD yet live in scary tale TOLD

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Ratnakar Mandlik 15 January 2019

A fantastic flight of imagery of a great poet has composed this wonderful verse. Thanks for posting it here.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 15 January 2019

A fine piece by William Butler Yeats...............

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* Sunprincess * 09 June 2014

............would love to see this poem actually sung by fairies in a movie....that would be so cool....enjoyed...

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Amira Remadna 28 May 2013

I like it so cool! ! ! ! (^_^)

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James Mclain 28 May 2013

I am young, O' and I am young. Sing, I write this song, I write it down. Gay once I was, thou lay me down and as I rest O' lay me down. is it poetry

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Pranab K Chakraborty 28 May 2012

Good wish fires the time with its white and serene flames. It contaminates the human thought during thousand and thousands years..... Playing the same tune now we all in the front.....Marvelous, Magnificent the piece of word-art.

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Juan Olivarez 28 May 2010

Now we are talking poets. William Butler Yeats the cream of the crop. Excellent as are all his works.

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Ramesh T A 28 May 2010

Peace, love and Nature what the poet asks to give to the new generation even if some live thousands of years! Indeed the offer is more than heaven on the Earth!

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Ned Coates 12 February 2010

The part of fairly lore most relevant is that folk belief held that a child could be stolen by the fairies (AKA the Sidhe) and would, like them, become immortal. But as Yeats points out in The Stolen Child and other places, the immortalized person would no longer appreciate the little things of our transient life.

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Joseph Poewhit 28 May 2009

A time of reflection, casting life into thousands of years. Though with GOD one day can be a thousand years. BUT, age is a part of the flower blooming, after the growth.

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Kevin Straw 28 May 2009

The problem with this poem is that one feels one needs to know something of the faery lore it is based on for it to make sense; otherwise it's just pleasant sounding. It's the same with religious poems, you need to know the theological background.

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Chris Mendros 28 May 2007

Yes, great imagery, and tremendous economy of words. A classic.

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