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William Butler Yeats Quotes: O would, beloved, that you lay Under the dock-leaves in the ground, While lights were paling one by one.
         

O would, beloved, that you lay Under the dock-leaves in the ground, While lights were paling one by one.


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This page presents the quote "O would, beloved, that you lay Under the dock-leaves in the ground, While lights were paling one by one.". Author of this quote is William Butler Yeats. This quote is about docks, light, beloved,.