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William Vaughn Moody was an American dramatist and poet. Moody was author of The Great Divide, first presented under the title of The Sabine Woman at the Garrick Theatre in Chicago on April 12, 1906. His poetic dramas included The Masque of Judgment , The Fire Bringer , and The Death of Eve . Wikipedia  

✵ 8. July 1869 – 17. October 1910
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Famous William Vaughn Moody Quotes

“Time softly there
Laughs through the abyss of radiance with the gods.”

William Vaughn Moody

Act II.
The Fire-Bringer (1904)

“Passion is power,
And, kindly tempered, saves. All things declare
Struggle hath deeper peace than sleep can bring.”

William Vaughn Moody

The Masque of Judgment (1900), Act III, Sc. 2.

“Hark, below, the many-voiced earth,
The chanting of the old religious trees,
Rustle of far-off waters, woven sounds
Of small and multitudinous lives awake,
Peopling the grasses and the pools with joy,
Uttering their meaning to the mystic night!”

William Vaughn Moody

' Act II.
The Fire-Bringer (1904)

“Bring me your children hither.
…
Unto this twain, man-child and womanchild,
I give the passion of this element;
This seed of longing, substance of this love;
This power, this purity, this annihilation.
Let their hands light the altar of the world.
'T is yours forever. I have brought it home!”

William Vaughn Moody

Prometheus, in Act II.
The Fire-Bringer (1904)

“The gods despise enforcèd offerings.
When the heart brings its dearest and its last
Then only will they hear—if then, if then!”

William Vaughn Moody

Act II.
The Fire-Bringer (1904)

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