William Butler Yeats Berühmte Zitate
„Keiner, der mit äußerster Geschwindigkeit läuft, hat Kopf oder Herz.“
Entfremdung
"Nobody running at full speed has either a head or a heart." - Journal 1909, in: Estrangement (1926) books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=nQ6A_QpI4YwC&pg=PA365
„Hinter der Maske ist immer ein lebendiges Gesicht.“
Synges Tod
"There is always a living face behind the mask." - The death of Synge. books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=nQ6A_QpI4YwC&pg=PA373
„Denke wie ein Weiser aber sprich die Sprache Deiner Mitmenschen!“
Leider steht das Zitat mit einem tragischen RS-fehler in der Sammung.. statt "weiser Mensch" ist dort von einem "Weißen" die Rede... leider hab ich die Kommentarfunktion nicht gefunden.. vielen Dank für die Korrektur, mit freundlichen Grüßen von CK
„Der Akt der Würdigung von etwas, das Größe hat, ist ein Akt der Selbstüberwindung.“
Synges Tod
"The act of appreciation of any great thing is an act of self-conquest." - The death of Synge. books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=nQ6A_QpI4YwC&pg=PA381
William Butler Yeats Zitate und Sprüche
„Ein Dichter schöpft die Tragik aus seiner eigenen Seele, der Seele, die allen Menschen gleicht.“
Entfremdung
"A poet creates tragedy from his own soul, that soul which is alike in all men." - Journal 1909, in: Estrangement (1926) books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=nQ6A_QpI4YwC&pg=PA348
Entfremdung
"All civilisation is held together by the suggestions of an invisible hypnotist — by artificially created illusions." - Journal 1909, in: Estrangement (1926) books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=nQ6A_QpI4YwC&pg=PA356
Heinrich Böll: Irisches Tagebuch. Werke Bd. 10, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2005, S. 269 books.google https://books.google.de/books?id=eckbAQAAMAAJ&q=reiter
"Cast a cold eye | On life, on death. | Horseman, pass by!" - Under Ben Bulben [1938], bei en.wikisource
William Butler Yeats: Zitate auf Englisch
III, st. 3
The Tower (1928), Nineteen Hundred And Nineteen http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1547/
“Dream, dream, for this is also sooth.”
Quelle: Crossways (1889), The Song Of The Happy Shepherd, l. 57.
To The Rose Upon The Rood Of Time
The Rose (1893)
Brown Penny http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1454/
The Green Helmet and Other Poems (1910)
In Memory Of Major Robert Gregory http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1516/, st. 11
The Wild Swans at Coole (1919)
V, st. 1
The Tower (1928), Nineteen Hundred And Nineteen http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1547/
Quarrel In Old Age http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1567/, st. 2
The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1933)
Two Songs from a Play, as quoted from The Cycles of History http://www.yeatsvision.com/history.html
“Whatever flames upon the night
Man’s own resinous heart has fed.”
II, st. 2
The Tower (1928), Two Songs From a Play http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1741/
“It’s certain that fine women eat
A crazy salad with their meat
Whereby the Horn of plenty is undone.”
St. 4
Michael Robartes and the Dancer (1921), A Prayer For My Daughter http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1421/
Under Ben Bulben http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1745/, V
Last Poems (1936-1939)
The Balloon Of The Mind http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1595/
The Wild Swans at Coole (1919)
Byzantium, st. 4
The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1933)
News for the Delphic Oracle http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1546/, st. 3
Last Poems (1936-1939)
The Spur http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1693/
Last Poems (1936-1939)
Speech, (28 March 1923), Seanad Éireann (Irish Free Senate), on the Damage to Property (Compensation) Bill http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/S/0001/S.0001.192303280011.html
The Apparitions http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1589/, st. 1
Last Poems (1936-1939)
“Like a long-legged fly upon the stream
His mind moves upon silence.”
Long-Legged Fly http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1525/, refrain
Last Poems (1936-1939)
The Cat And The Moon http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1599/
The Wild Swans at Coole (1919)
V, st. 2
The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1933), Vacillation http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1751/
“I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind.”
Speech (7 June 1923), Seanad Éireann (Irish Free Senate), on the Censorship of Films Bill. http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/S/0001/S.0001.192306070006.html
The Song Of Wandering Aengus http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1690/
The Wind Among the Reeds (1899)
An Acre of Grass, st. 3
Last Poems (1936-1939)
Crazy Jane Talks With The Bishop http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1471/, st. 2
The Winding Stair and Other Poems (1933)
“Locke sank into a swoon;
The Garden died;
God took the spinning-jenny
Out of his side.”
Fragments http://poetry.poetryx.com/poems/1484/, I
The Tower (1928)
Quelle: Crossways (1889), The Song Of The Happy Shepherd, l. 1–5.
