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Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die.

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Irish poets, learn your trade, sing whatever is well made, scorn the sort now growing up all out of shape from toe to top.

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An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing for every tatter in its mortal dress.

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Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

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Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.

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The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.

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In dreams begins responsibility.

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Be secret and exult, Because of all things known That is most difficult.

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Joy is of the will which labours, which overcomes obstacles, which knows triumph.

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Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

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Biography

Nationality: Irish

Type: Poet

Born: June 13th, 1865

Died: January 28th, 1939

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