woman lost

Ah, lost woman!....
'Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.'

(...)
"When the swan must fix his eye
Upon a fading gleam,
Float out upon a long
Last reach of glittering stream
And there sing his last song."
(...)

As a thing of beauty is a joy forever, so is a lost thing of beauty...
Anyway, I prefer Philip Larkin a lot more to Yeats.

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/philip+larkin

On the other hand...

Sometimes a woman lost is good riddance. I admit that this realization can take a while coming.

Sometimes one even feels one has had a narrow escape.

Bert

I love the first quote, its even better sung by Bobby Blue Bland (Two steps from the blues)

I watched someone cry bitterly after having read a very kitschy poem I wrote when I was 17 or thereabouts. Overcome with emotions the person sobbed they'll be reading this poem on the grave of their spouse...the spouse in question is still alive and in good health.

Juliane

At least the spouse has something to look forward to then.

The same goes for a man lost .

Juliane

I get this feeling you are priceless!
Writing a poem for some spouse, who starts sobbing...

bert

Not really. I sometimes feel an awkward urge to laugh when people cry in a funny way. So I'd rather make them laugh, not cry.

BERT!

A thing of beauty...
is the first line of a poem of KEATS!

That's only one letter different.

Yeats/Keats

Pity there's no rhyme in their names.

there isn't?

h an

Are you serious or what?
There most certainly is no (vowel) rhyme whatsoever in those names!
You happen to know what they call this visual impression there is one?

[ @Careca : Thanks for reminding me of the great Bobby 'Blue' Bland.]