“In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.”

“Consider the stars. Among them are no passions, no wars. They know neither love nor hatred. Did man but emulate the stars, would not his soul become clear and radiant as they are? But man's spirit draws him like a moth to the ephemera of this world, and in their heat he is consumed entire.”

“And when white moths were on the wingAnd moth-like stars were flickering out”

“And when white moths were on the wing and moth-like stars were flickering out”

“I went out to the hazel woodbecause a fire was in my headcut and peeled a hazel wandand hooked a berry to a threadand when white moths were on the wingand moth-like stars were flickering outI dropped the berry in a stream,and caught a little silver trout....(Song of Wandering Aengus)”

“She fell asleep, and it was a sleep as thin as the night clouds, dotted with dreams that came and went like the stars.”