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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MOODS, by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Time drops in decay
Last Line: Has fallen away?
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Subject(s): Time; Transcience
First Line: Time drops in decay
Last Line: Has fallen away?
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Subject(s): Time; Transcience
Time drops in decay,
Like a candle burnt out,
And the mountains and woods
Have their day, have their day;
What one in the rout
Of the fire-born moods
Has fallen away?
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