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The Tower
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"The Tower" Quotes

A collection of poetry exploring themes of love, spirituality, and Irish nationalism by W.B. Yeats.

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And I will clothe myself in shadows, and be a shadow among shadows.

W.B. Yeats

identitymystery

For I would ride with you upon the wind, and dance upon the mountains like a flame.

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freedomadventure

In dreams begin responsibility.

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dreamsresponsibility

We are happy when for everything inside us there is a corresponding something outside us.

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happinessinner self

The innocent and the beautiful have no enemy but time.

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innocencebeauty

The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.

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convictionpassion

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.

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changeinstability

The world is full of more beauty than our eyes can bear.

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beautyperception

Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.

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educationigniting curiosity

What can be explained is not poetry.

W.B. Yeats

poetrymystery