William Butler
William Butler
Multi-instrumentalist for the band Arcade Fire who plays bass, synth, guitar, and percussion. He has also worked on movie soundtracks, like the one for Her.
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth6 October 1982
sad sole mansions
But Love has pitched his mansion in the place of excrement. For nothing can be sole or whole that has not been rent.
expression literature mood
What is literature but the expression of moods by the vehicle of symbol and incident?
pennies might enough
I whispered, 'I am too young,' and then, 'I am old enough'; wherefore I threw a penny to find out if I might love.
individuality contemplation ecstasy
Ecstasy is from the contemplation of things vaster than the individual and imperfectly seen perhaps, by all those that still live.
tears sticks gone
All the wild-witches, those most notable ladies For all their broom-sticks and their tears, Their angry tears, are gone.
innocence born ceremony
How but in custom and in ceremony are innocence and beauty born?
wise running stars
Brown Penny I WHISPERED, 'I am too young,' And then, 'I am old enough'; Wherefore I threw a penny To find out if I might love. 'Go and love, go and love, young man, If the lady be young and fair.' Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny, I am looped in the loops of her hair. O love is the crooked thing, There is nobody wise enough To find out all that is in it, For he would be thinking of love Till the stars had run away And the shadows eaten the moon. Ah, penny, brown penny, brown penny, One cannot begin it too soon.
world faces made
...I'm looking for the face I had, before the world was made...
swimming mermaid body
A mermaid found a swimming lad, Picked him up for her own, Pressed her body to his body, Laughed; and plunging down Forgot in cruel happiness That even lovers drown.
kissing dancing pay
And learn that the best thing is To change my loves while dancing And pay but a kiss for a kiss.
roger killing gallows
I say that Roger Casement Did what he had to do, He died upon the gallows But that is nothing new.
good-luck long house
The house ghost is usually a harmless and well-meaning creature. It is put up with as long as possible. It brings good luck to those who live with it.
lonely loneliness spring
Somewhere beyond the curtain Of distorting days Lives that lonely thing That shone before these eyes Targeted, trod like Spring.
citizens poet good-citizen
The poet is a good citizen turned inside out.