William Butler Yeats

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    “Shakespearean fish swam the sea, far away from land;
    Romantic fish swam in nets coming to the hand....”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “O chestnut-tree, great-rooted blossomer,
    Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole?
    O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,
    How can we know the dancer from the dance?”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Away with us he’s going,
    The solemn-eyed:
    He’ll hear no more the lowing
    Of the calves on the warm hillside
    Or the kettle on the hob
    Sing peace into his breast,”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)