His element is so fine
Being sharpened by his death,
To drink from the wine-breath
While our gross palates drink from the whole wine.


Seven poems and a fragment (ed. 1922)

William Butler Yeats Quotes

His element is so fine Being sharpened by his death, To drink from the wine-breath While our gross palates drink from the whole wine.

His element is so fine Being sharpened by his death, To drink from the wine-breath While our gross palates drink from the whole wine.

His element is so fine Being sharpened by his death, To drink from the wine-breath While our gross palates drink from the whole wine.

His element is so fine Being sharpened by his death, To drink from the wine-breath While our gross palates drink from the whole wine.