But he heard high up in the air A piper piping away, And ne… - William Butler Yeats

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But he heard high up in the air
A piper piping away,
And never was piping so sad,
And never was piping so gay.

William Butler Yeats

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William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish symbolist poet, dramatist and mystic. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. He compiled the Oxford Book of Modern Verse.

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Alternative Names: W. B. Yeats • William Yeats • W.B. Yeats • WBY

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But he heard high up in the air A piper piping away, And never was piping so sad, And never was piping so gay. - William Butler Yeats

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