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Quotation by William Butler Yeats
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Collected Letters, vol. 1, ed. John Kelly (1986)"A Bronze Head"A Coat Responsibilities (1914)A Coat"A Cradle Song"Related Subjects
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the embattled flaming multitude
Who rise, wing above wing, flame above flame,
And, like a storm, cry the Ineffable Name,
And with the clashing of their sword-blades make
A rapturous music, till the morning break....
Who rise, wing above wing, flame above flame,
And, like a storm, cry the Ineffable Name,
And with the clashing of their sword-blades make
A rapturous music, till the morning break....
William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), Irish poet, playwright. "To Some I have Talked with by the Fire."
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