'Sailing To Byzantium' Is The Title Of A Poem By The Irish Poet William Butler Yeats. In It The Narrator Sails To Byzantium Later Known As Constantinople And Now Known As Istanbul In Search Of Eternal Life And An Escape From The Physical Self. The First Line "That Is No Country For Old Men" Was Clearly An Inspiration For The Movie "No Country For Old Men". Its Connection To The Liars Song Of The Same Name Is Unclear.