The Poetry Corner

A Man Young And Old:- Human Dignity

By William Butler Yeats

Like the moon her kindness is, If kindness I may call What has no comprehension int, But is the same for all As though my sorrow were a scene Upon a painted wall. So like a bit of stone I lie Under a broken tree. I could recover if I shrieked My hearts agony To passing bird, but I am dumb From human dignity.