| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 8187 |
| AUTHOR: | William Butler Yeats (1865–1939) |
| QUOTATION: | I would mould a world of fire and dew 1 With no one bitter, grave, or over wise, And nothing marred or old to do you wrong. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Land of Heart’s Desire. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | William Butler Yeats Collection. |
| Note 1. See FitzGerald: Omar Khayyám. Rubaiyat, lxxiii. Ah Love! could Thou and I with Fate conspire To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire, Would we not shatter it to bits—and then Re-mould it nearer to the Heart’s Desire! [back] |
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