No Second Troy
Why should I blame her that she filled my days
With misery, or that she would of late
Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways,
Or hurled the little streets upon the great,
Had they but courage equal to desire?
What could have made her peaceful with a mind
That nobleness made simple as a fire,
With beauty like a tightened bow, a kind
That is not natural in an age like this,
Being high and solitary and most stern?
Why, what could she have done, being what she is?
Was there another Troy for her to burn?
poem by William Butler Yeats
Added by Dan Costinaş
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Also see the following:
- quotes about violence
- quotes about peace
- quotes about equality
- quotes about sadness
- quotes about beauty
- quotes about fire
- quotes about height
- quotes about time
- quotes about men
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