Nor dread nor hope attend
A dying animal;
A man awaits his end
Dreading and hoping all.

W.B. Yeats

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Topic

Mystery of death Death Man and animals

Author

W.B. Yeats

Source

Death

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Ireland Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Death." The Winding Stair and Other Poems. Macmillan and Company, 1933, I. 1.

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Another quote by W.B. Yeats

Things said or done long years ago,
Or things I did not do or say
But thought that I might say or do,
Weigh me down, and not a day
But something is recalled,
My conscience or my vanity appalled.

W.B. Yeats

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Topic
Remorse Regrets

Author

W.B. Yeats
Source
Vacillation
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1933 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Vacillation." The Winding Stair and Other Poems. The Macmillan Company, 1933, pt. 5, st. 2.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "Vacillation." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008, pt. 5, st. 2.

Another quote from the 1930s

O, let America be America again—
The land that never has been yet—
And yet must be—the land where every man is free.

Langston Hughes

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Topic
American ideals America

Author

Langston Hughes
Source
Let America Be America Again
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1936 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Hughes, Langston. "Let America Be America Again." Esquire Magazine, July 1936.

Another quote about Death

For when the One Great Scorer
Comes to mark against your name,
He writes-not that you won or lost-
But how you played the game.

Grantland Rice

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Topic
Fair play Legacy Death

Author

Grantland Rice
Source
Alumnus Football
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 0
Citation

Rice, Grantland. "Alumnus Football." Nashville Tennessean, c. 1908.