William Butler Yeats

William Butler Yeats

Summary

Portrait of William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats,  The Secret Rose (1897)

“ Far off, most secret, and inviolate Rose,
Enfold me in my hour of hours; where those
Who sought thee in the Holy Sepulchre,
Or in the wine-vat, dwell beyond the stir
And tumult of defeated dreams;
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Portrait of William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats,  The Secret Rose (1897)

“ The longest-living author of this work died in 1939, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 84 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works. ”
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