A wee pint of the green for every~ONE in a poetic toast too, William B. Yeats, Cheers!


The Land of Faery,
Where nobody gets old and godly and grave,
Where nobody gets old and crafty and wise,
Where nobody gets old and bitter of tongue.
Lines 48–52.
Life moves out of a red flare of dreams
Into a common light of common hours,
Until old age bring the red flare again.

I would mould a world of fire and dew
With no one bitter, grave, or over wise,
And nothing marred or old to do you wrong.

Land of Heart's Desire,
Where beauty has no ebb, decay no flood,
But joy is wisdom, time an endless song.
Lines 373–375.


The Land of Heart's Desire (1894) by William Butler Yeats.
A tribute to Yates and Merson for St. Patty's Day. Images are used by permission from Laurie and other works are in the public domain: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Butler_Yeats Adobe Cs5 and Painter X, Panacea.