by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)
The moods
Language: English
Our translations: GER
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?
First published in Bookman, August 1893
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Text Authorship:
- by William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939), "The moods" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Raymond Warren (b. 1928), "The moods", 1959 [ SSATB chorus a cappella ], from Irish Madrigals [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Göttliche Wirkmächte", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-20
Line count: 7
Word count: 32