Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
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One tapped my shoulder and asked me How did you fall, sir'Whereat I awakened.
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Hundreds may believe, but each has to believe by himself.
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Now Ireland has her madness and her weather still, For poetry makes nothing happen.
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Noises at dawn will bring Freedom for some, but not this peace No bird can contradict.
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