During my Literature exam yesterday, I had to close read one of the most beautiful poems I've ever read in my life. I actually smiled and thought to myself "hm isn't that so sweet" I don't know what it is... I just really admire the simplicity and the meaning of this poem plus, I always enjoyed Yeats' works.
"The Scholars" by W.B. Yeats
Bald heads, forgetful of their sins,
Old, learned, respectable bald heads
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That young men, tossing on their beds,
Rhymed out in love's despair
To flatter beauty's ignorant ear.
All shuffle there, all cough in ink;
All wear the carpet with their shoes;
All think what other people think;
All know the man their neighbour knows.
Lord, what would they say
Did their Catullus walk that way?
-- William Butler Yeats
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