Glad grace - mixed media art work on paper

 Inspired by:

"how many have loved your moments of glad grace"
from "when you are old" by William Butler Yeats


artist quality acrylic and pastel on canvas paper
29x21 cm
1 x non-removable polymer varnish

Such a beautiful verse that I feel people should read when they are young to hint at what you learn when you are old.

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,

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.