Acclaimed Irish poet William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) wrote this exquisite poem for fiery Irish revolutionary and actress Maud Gonne in 1899. Arguably one of the most beautiful love poems ever ...

But, unfortunately, Hallmark rhymes rarely mine the depths of love and ... In the poem, the bard compares the beauty of his lover to ancient poems that described beautiful knights and ladies.

If that’s you today, then give these beautiful ... the most lucid poems about sadness and loneliness I have ever come across. It also belies simplistic judgments about mental illness. I love ...