The innocent and the beautiful
Have no enemy but time.

W.B. Yeats

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Topic

Effects of time

Author

W.B. Yeats

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1933 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

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Ireland Europe

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Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "In Memory of Eva Gore Booth and Con Markiewicz." The Winding Stair and Other Poems. The Macmillan Company, 1933, I. 24.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "In Memory of Eva Gore Booth and Con Markiewicz." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008, I. 24.

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Who built the Thebes of the seven gates?
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Great man theory of history Seven wonders of the world Workers History

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Source
Questions from a Worker Who Reads
Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 2
Citation

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Another quote about Effects of time

Time flies over us, but leaves its shadow behind.

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Marble Faun

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Topic
Passage of time Effects of time Time

Author

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Source
The Marble Faun
Medium
Novel
Language
English
Time
1860 1860s 19th century
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Original Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Marble Faun: Or, The Romance of Monte Beni. Vol. 2, Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1860, ch. 24.

Current Citation

Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Marble Faun, edited by Susan Manning. Oxford University Press, 2009, ch. 24.