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Quotation by William Butler Yeats
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For certain minutes at the least
That crafty demon and that loud beast
That plague me day and night
Ran out of my sight;
Though I had long perned in the gyre,
Between my hatred and desire....
That crafty demon and that loud beast
That plague me day and night
Ran out of my sight;
Though I had long perned in the gyre,
Between my hatred and desire....
William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), Irish poet, playwright. "Demon and Beast."
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