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William Butler Yeats Quotes: I knew a phoenix in my youth, so let them have their day.
         

I knew a phoenix in my youth, so let them have their day.


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Come Fairies, take me out of this dull world, for I would ride with you upon the wind and dance upon the mountains like a flame!



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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.



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