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Accursed who brings to light of day the writings I have cast away.
William Butler Yeats
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William Butler Yeats
Age: 73 †
Born: 1865
Born: June 13
Died: 1939
Died: January 28
Astrologer
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Scrooby
Nottinghamshire
W. B. Yeats
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Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation.
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God spreads the heavens above us like great wings, And gives a little round of deeds and days.
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I--though heart might find relief Did I become a Christian man and choose for my belief What seems most welcome in the tomb--play a predestined part. Homer is my example and his unchristened heart.
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A living man is blind and drinks his drop. What matter if the ditches are impure? What matter if I live it all once more?
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One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
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Too long a sacrifice can make a stone of the heart. O when may it suffice?
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