Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cl — W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
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Before me floats an image, man or shade,Shade more than man, more image than a shade;For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-clothMay unwind the winding path;A mouth that has no moisture and no breathBreathless mouths may summon;("Byzantium")

— W.B. Yeats, The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
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