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Comment 2 of 2, added on October 19th, 2008 at 1:15 AM.
Hi--I was looking for another great Yeats quote to end an article/tribute to a deceased friend. My, Yeats had so many of them. Here I think there's not too much to add except it reminds me of a quote from James Hillman a lovable old Jungian that Plato wrote how Treason against the state should never be considered a crime in old age. After living through Iraq as a repeat of Vietnam I can see why, though this could get me on an Intelligence. Fine. See, when you get older you don't care as much anymore.
Neil Earle from Canada
Comment 1 of 2, added on July 24th, 2006 at 11:53 AM.
Yeats is saying young men know nothing of life's trevails, "Young men know nothing of this sort." Yeats is saying old men know to well the struggles of life, the missed opportunities and regrets. Yeats is more gentle than Dylan Thomas in persuading us to
"Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at the close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light."
Randal Rudder from United States
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Hi--I was looking for another great Yeats quote to end an article/tribute to a deceased friend. My, Yeats had so many of them. Here I think there's not too much to add except it reminds me of a quote from James Hillman a lovable old Jungian that Plato wrote how Treason against the state should never be considered a crime in old age. After living through Iraq as a repeat of Vietnam I can see why, though this could get me on an Intelligence. Fine. See, when you get older you don't care as much anymore.
Neil Earle from Canada