A Drinking Song
- WINE comes in at the mouth
- And love comes in at the eye;
- That's all we shall know for truth
- Before we grow old and die.
- I lift the glass to my mouth,
- I look at you, and sigh.
- William Butler Yeats
“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.” -Buddha*** We mortals are composed of two great schools--Enlightened knaves or else religious fools. --Abul 'Ala al Ma'arri (973-1057)*** "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!" -Auntie Mame ******************* Philosophy, History, Travel, the Arts, Whatever's on my Table...
Monday, April 13, 2009
Remembering Yeats in Cloudland Canyon
Until I can post some photos here, this Yeats poem will have to do for recounting our fine nights in the cabin at Cloudland Canyon:
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