When You Are Old

I was rereading Yeats, "When You Are Old" and it reminded me of the song, "Ageless Beauty" by the band Stars. Stars is one of my favorite bands and for some reason, when I read "When You Are Old", this song came to my mind. So, I thought I would share it. I'm not sure why I put these two together. They don't have much in common by way of similar phrasing, and "When You Are Old" didn't come with a CD to sing along to. I think what I found in common was the praising of a beautiful young woman, who has seen better days, worn by the world. But her beauty has survived in memories in Yeats poem. The singer in "Ageless Beauty" believes, from my interpretation, that this woman's beauty will outlast the tests of time, as will their love. But hey, that's just what I think, draw your own conclusions - agree or disagree or be neutral. That's what art is all about anyways, one's own interpretation of the real and the imaginary.

Here is the song:
There is an actual music video, but in this case, I think that its more important to listen than see.

When You Are Old
- William Butler Yeats
When you are old and gray and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
You eyes ad once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace;
And loved your beauty with love false or true;
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face.

And bending down beside the glowing bars
Murmur, a little sadly, how love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.