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And I envy the intransigence of my own
Countrymen who shoot to kill and never
See the victim's face become their own
Or find his motive sabotage their motives.

Louis MacNeice

Louis MacNeice (1907–1963), Anglo-Irish poet. Autumn Journal (XVI, l. 5–8). . .

Contemporary Irish Poetry; an Anthology. Anthony Bradley, ed. (New and rev. ed., 1988) University of California Press.

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