I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters. Autore: W.B. Yeats Copy Quote More from W.B. Yeats “And when white moths were on the wing,And moth-like stars were flickering out...” “Now days are dragon-ridden, the nightmare Rides upon sleep: a drunken soldiery …” “O cowardly amd tyrannous race of monks, persecutors of the bard, and the gleeme…” “Everything exists, everything is true and the earth is just a bit of dust benea…”