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William Butler Yeats Quotes: In mockery I have set A powerful emblem up, And sing it rhyme upon rhyme In mockery of a time Half dead at the top.
         

In mockery I have set A powerful emblem up, And sing it rhyme upon rhyme In mockery of a time Half dead at the top.


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This page presents the quote "In mockery I have set A powerful emblem up, And sing it rhyme upon rhyme In mockery of a time Half dead at the top.". Author of this quote is William Butler Yeats. This quote is about time, half, symbolism, towers, mockery, rhyme, powerful,.