Thursday, February 14, 2008

Happy Valentine's Day

In honour of Valentine's Day I'm going to give you my favourite love poem:

When You Are Old

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 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.

~ W. B. Yeats

I love that line, "But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you". May someone find and love the pilgrim soul in you.

Now go spread some love. Happy Valentine's Day!

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