Read the excerpt. 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… what does the speaker ask of the person he is addressing in “when you are old” by william butler yeats? a. to remember that she was once loved for who she really is b. to think about when she was young and beautiful c. to write and tell him how she is d. to visit him some day