William Butler Yeats
Ireland
13 Jun 1865 // 28 Jan 1939
Poet
13 Jun 1865 // 28 Jan 1939
Poet
Quotes
That dolphin-torn, that gong-tormented sea.
An agony of flame that cannot singe a sleeve.
At midnight on the Emperor's pavement flit
Flames that no faggot feeds, nor steel has lit.
Flames that no faggot feeds, nor steel has lit.
The unpurged images of day recede;
The Emperor's drunken soldiery are abed;
Night resonance recedes, night-walkers' song
After great cathedral gong.
The Emperor's drunken soldiery are abed;
Night resonance recedes, night-walkers' song
After great cathedral gong.
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