Phoenix Left

Famous quotes containing the words phoenix and/or left:

    “And there’s a score of duchesses, surpassing womankind,
    Or who have found a painter to make them so for pay
    And smooth out stain and blemish with the elegance of his mind:
    I knew a phoenix in my youth, so let them have their day.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “What’s left to sigh for,
    Strange night has come;
    God’s love has hidden him
    Out of all harm,
    Pleasure has made him
    Weak as a worm.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)