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" Now days are dragon-ridden, the nightmare
Rides upon sleep: a drunken soldiery
Can leave the mother, murdered at her door,
To crawl in her own blood, and go scott-free;
The night can sweat with terror as before
We pieced our thoughts into philosophy,
And planned to bring the world under rule,
Who are but weasels fighting in a hole. "

W.B. Yeats


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W.B. Yeats quote : Now days are dragon-ridden, the nightmare <br />Rides upon sleep: a drunken soldiery <br />Can leave the mother, murdered at her door,<br />To crawl in her own blood, and go scott-free;<br />The night can sweat with terror as before<br />We pieced our thoughts into philosophy, <br />And planned to bring the world under rule, <br />Who are but weasels fighting in a hole.