The Living Beauty

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Ill say and maybe dream I have drawn content Seeing that time has frozen up the blood, The wick of youth being burned and the oil spent From beauty that is cast out of a mould In bronze, or that in dazzling marble appears, Appears, and when we have gone is gone again, Being more indifferent to our solitude Than twere an apparition. O heart, we are old, The living beauty is for younger men, We cannot pay its tribute of wild tears.

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Exploring the themes of classic, William Butler Yeats delivers a powerful performance in "The Living Beauty"... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...

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