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A speckled cat and a tame hare Eat at my hearthstone And sleep there And both look up to me alone For learning and defence As I look up to Providence.
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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Time can but make it easier to be wise / Though now it seems impossible, and so / All that you need is patience.
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The women take so little stock In what I do or say They'd sooner leave their cosseting To hear a jackass bray.
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