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One should say before sleeping: I have lived many lives. I have been a slave and a prince. Many a beloved has sat upon my knee and I have sat upon the knees of many a beloved. Everything that has been shall be again.

William Butler Yeats

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In dreams begin responsibilitiy.
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Everything exists, everything is true and the earth is just a bit of dust beneath our feet.
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Beloved, let your eyes half close, and your heart beat Over my heart, and your hair fall over my breast, Drowning love’s lonely hour in deep twilight of rest.
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Hammer your thoughts into unity.
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We are closed in, and the key is turned / On our uncertainty.
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Teaching is not filling up a pail, it is lighting a fire.
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Fire Light Teaching
I cast my heart into my rhymes, That you, in the dim coming times, May know how my heart went with them After the red-rose-bordered hem.
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When two close kindred meet, What better than call a dance?
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A statesman is an easy man, he tells his lies by rote. A journalist invents his lies, and rams them down your throat. So stay at home and drink your beer and let the neighbors vote.
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But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
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What can be explained is not poetry.
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Explanation One Liner Poetry

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