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Dagwolf · 05-27-2006, 05:13 PM

Can you tell me what this poem means?

Never Give All The Heart
William Butler Yeats

Never give all the heart, for love

Will hardly seem worth thinking of

To passionate women if it seem

Certain, and they never dream

That it fades out from kiss to kiss;

For everything that's lovely is

But a brief, dreamy, kind delight.

O never give the heart outright,

For they, for all smooth lips can say,

Have given their hearts up to the play.

And who could play it well enough

If deaf and dumb and blind with love?

He that made this knows all the cost

For he gave all his heart and lost.

Your answers will be examined and criticized.

Lycanthrope · 05-27-2006, 05:29 PM

In short it means find them, feel them, fuck them, forget them

2HousePlague · 06-13-2006, 12:49 AM

>> longing >> gratification >> disillusionment >> cynicism >> longing >>

2hp

Dagwolf · 06-13-2006, 01:05 AM

I think "The Tao of Steve" was based on a similar way of thinking.

If you haven't watched it, it's a gas.

05-27-2006, 05:13 PM	#1
Dagwolf President of Canada Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Leaving Hell, Entering Limbo Posts: 23,141	Pop quiz in English Literature Can you tell me what this poem means? Never Give All The Heart William Butler Yeats Never give all the heart, for love Will hardly seem worth thinking of To passionate women if it seem Certain, and they never dream That it fades out from kiss to kiss; For everything that's lovely is But a brief, dreamy, kind delight. O never give the heart outright, For they, for all smooth lips can say, Have given their hearts up to the play. And who could play it well enough If deaf and dumb and blind with love? He that made this knows all the cost For he gave all his heart and lost. Your answers will be examined and criticized. __________________ Sleep well, and dream of large women.

05-27-2006, 05:29 PM	#2
Lycanthrope Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 4,517	In short it means find them, feel them, fuck them, forget them __________________

06-13-2006, 12:49 AM	#3
2HousePlague CURATOR Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: the attic Posts: 14,572	>> longing >> gratification >> disillusionment >> cynicism >> longing >> 2hp __________________ tada!

06-13-2006, 01:05 AM	#4
Dagwolf President of Canada Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Leaving Hell, Entering Limbo Posts: 23,141	I think "The Tao of Steve" was based on a similar way of thinking. If you haven't watched it, it's a gas. __________________ Sleep well, and dream of large women.