"When You Are Old" -WB Yeats and 10/Rose

Nov 17, 2007 14:02


When You Are Old
By William Butler Yeats

WHEN you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,
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characters: ten, doctor, authors: william butler yeats, tv: doctor who, poetry, rose

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purplemonster77 November 19 2007, 06:22:17 UTC
That's such a beautiful poem, and I agree, it's totally D/R.

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xbriyeon November 19 2007, 23:26:03 UTC
Gah, makes me love Yeats even more.. thanks for pointing this out. *sigh*

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maypanic November 23 2007, 16:38:34 UTC
Yeats is the Eleventh Doctor. This r trufax.
In other news, I have got to take a break from ihasatardis, the macros are eating my brainz. And gravely distorting my communication skills.

Such a beautiful poem. Now it seems amazing that I never before thought of it as being very D/R.

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spooky_xphile December 5 2007, 05:06:38 UTC
Totally 10/Rose. I love this poem now. *goes to write it down*

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