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And when you sigh from kiss to kiss I hear white Beauty sighing, too, For hours when all must fade like dew.
William Butler Yeats
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William Butler Yeats
Age: 73 †
Born: 1865
Born: June 13
Died: 1939
Died: January 28
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Nottinghamshire
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Though pedantry denies, It's plain the Bible means That Solomon grew wise While talking with his queens.
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What if I bade you leave The cavern of the mind? There's better exercise In the sunlight and wind.
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A man in his own secret meditation / Is lost amid the labyrinth that he has made / In art or politics.
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Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.
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