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William Butler Yeats – ‘Things said or done long yea…

‘Things said or done long years ago Or things I did not do or say But thought that I might say or do Weigh me down and not a day But something is recalled My conscience or my vanity appalled.’

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William Butler Yeats – ‘Think where mans glory most …

‘Think where mans glory most begins and ends And say my glory was I had such friends.’

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William Butler Yeats – ‘I am still of opinion that o…

‘I am still of opinion that only two topics can be of the least interest to a serious and studious moodsex and the dead.’

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William Butler Yeats – ‘Too long a sacrifice Can mak…

‘Too long a sacrifice Can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice?’

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William Butler Yeats – ‘I know that I shall meet my …

‘I know that I shall meet my fate Somewhere among the clouds above; Those that I fight I do not hate Those that I guard I do not love; My country is Kiltartan Cross My countrymen Kiltartans poor.’

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William Butler Yeats – ‘The mystical life is the cen…

‘The mystical life is the centre of all that I do and all that I think and all that I write…. I have always considered myself a voice of what I believe to be a greater renaissance the revolt of … Continue reading

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William Butler Yeats – ‘Now I know That twenty centu…

‘Now I know That twenty centuries of stony sleep Were vexed to nightmare by a rocking cradle And what rough beast its hour come round at last Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?’

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William Butler Yeats – ‘I heard the old old men say …

‘I heard the old old men say All thats beautiful drifts away Like the waters.’

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William Butler Yeats – ‘I will arise and go now and …

‘I will arise and go now and go to Innisfree And a small cabin build there of clay and wattles made: Nine bean-rows will I have there a hive for the honeybee And live alone in the bee-loud glade.’

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William Butler Yeats – ‘Turning and turning in the w…

‘Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world The blood-dimmed tide is loosed and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned … Continue reading

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