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What can books of men that wive In a dragon-guarded land, Paintings of the dolphin-drawn Sea-nymphs in their pearly wagons Do, but awake a hope to live...?
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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I kiss you and kiss you, With arms around my own, Ah, how shall I miss you, When, dear, you have grown.
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For he would be thinking of love Till the stars had run away And the shadows eaten the moon.
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