A Man Young And Old:- The Secrets Of The Old

by William Butler Yeats — a poem card from Justes Mots

An elderly speaker reflects on the secrets shared among three aging women, contrasting youthful passion with the wisdom of age. Yeats explores how time transforms romantic love into memory and story. The poem serves those seeking to understand aging, female friendship, and the passage of time.

I have old women's secrets now
That had those of the young;
Madge tells me what I dared not think
When my blood was strong,
And what had drowned a lover once
Sounds like an old song.

Though Margery is stricken dumb…

Themes: sympathy · grief · reflection