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524 THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF |
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WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS
(1865-------)
A DREAM OF A BLESSED SPIRIT
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LL the heavy days are over; Leave the body's colored pride Underneath the grass and clover, With the feet laid side by side. |
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One with her are mirth and duty;
Bear the gold-embroidered dress, For she needs not her sad beauty,
To the scented oaken press. |
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Hers the kiss of Mother Mary, The long hair is on her face ;
Still she goes with footsteps wary, Full of earth's old timid grace : |
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With white feet of angels seven Her white feet go glimmering;
And above the deep of heaven, Flame on flame and wing on wing. |
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