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W. B. Yeats

W. B. Yeats

Spilt Milk

We that have done and thought,
That have thought and done,
Must ramble, and thin out
Like milk spilt on a stone.

#Irish #NobelPrize #1933 #TheWindingStairAndOtherPoems

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