Crazy Jane On God

by William Butler Yeats — a poem card from Justes Mots

Crazy Jane declares that all earthly change—lovers' departures, war, destruction—is ultimately held within God's eternal constancy. Her refrain anchors temporal loss in spiritual permanence. The poem comforts those seeking faith-based perspective on grief, transience, or life's turbulence.

That lover of a night
Came when he would,
Went in the dawning light
Whether I would or no;
Men come, men go;
All things remain in God.

Banners choke the sky;…

Themes: sympathy · grief · love · reflection