4 Quotes by William Butler Yeats about fire


  • Author William Butler Yeats
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    Time drops in decay Like a candle burnt out. And the mountains and woods Have their day, have their day; But, kindly old rout Of the fire-born moods, You pass not away.

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  • Author William Butler Yeats
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    Because of that great nobleness of hersThe fire that stirs about her, when she stirs,Burns but more clearly.

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