The Pilgrim Soul In You

Leonard Cohen / Judy Collins: Suzanne


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
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.

--william butler yeats
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herself outside Clear Creek
Scorpion Ridge with pilgrim
herself with Vishnu Temple
beach graffiti near Elves Chasm