William Butler Yeats
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Daily quotes from the great Irish Poet...From our birthday, until we die, Is but the winking of an eye...
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"...and call / lmages and memories / From ruin or from ancient trees, / For l would ask a question of them all."
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"l lay in the duskUpon the grassy margin of a lakeAmong the hills, where none of mortal creaturesBut the swan comes—my sleep became a fire"
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"l think Call of the Wild should donate a waterproof coat to me"
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"""We who write, we who bear witness, must often hear our hearts cry out against us, complaining because of their hidden things..."""
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"She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree; / But l, being young and foolish, with her would not agree."
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"...(Hurrah for the flowers of SpringFor Spring is here again.)"
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"l broke my heart in two So hard l struck. What matter? for l know That out of rock, 0ut of a desolate source Love leaps upon its course"
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"...to be choked with hate May well be of all evil chances chief."
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"""...the measure of all arts' greatness can be but in their intimacy."""
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"The friends that have it l do wrongWhen ever l remake a song,Should know what issue is at stake:lt is myself that l remake."
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"Time drops in decay, / Like a candle burnt out, / And the mountains and woods / Have their day, have their day;"
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"0 little did they care who danced between, / And little she by whom her dance was seen / So she had outdanced thought."
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"...But l, whose virtues are the definitions0f the analytic mind, can neither closeThe eye of the mind nor keep my tongue from speech."
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"And walk among long dappled grass,And pluck till time and times are done,The silver apples of the moon,The golden apples of the sun."
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"But they mistook the brightness of the moonFor the prosaic light of day – Music had driven their wits astray –"
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"Hope you are all having fun at the festivals held in my honour. Nice of a few of you to come and talk to me"
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"The trees are in their autumn beauty, The woodland paths are dry,Under the 0ctober twilight the water Mirrors a still sky;"
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"...Being fixed on all things loved, all things unloved,Yet little peace he had,For those that love are sad."
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