The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy b… - William Butler Yeats

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The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.

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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Talent perceives differences; genius, unity

This other man I had dreamed
A drunken, vain-glorious lout.
He had done most bitter wrong
To some who are near my heart,
Yet I number him in the song;
He, too, has resigned his part
In the casual comedy;
He, too, has been changed in his turn,
Transformed utterly:
A terrible beauty is born.

Then he struggled with the mind; His proud heart he left behind. Now his wars on God begin; At stroke of midnight God shall win.

The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner. - William Butler Yeats

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