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Paul Ashley's avatar

From Yeats' "The Second Coming":

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,

The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere

The ceremony of innocence is drowned;

The best lack all conviction, while the worst

Are full of passionate intensity.

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Corkey's avatar

He doesn’t pass my Litmus Test though.

No Faith !!

https://thecommonroomblog.com/2012/08/of-yeats-and-religion.html

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