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Born in April 10, 1867 / Died in July 7, 1935 / Ireland / English

Poems by George William Russell

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Brotherhood

... Feeling they know not what, with noiseless footsteps glide ...

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The Symbol Seduces

... I leave For Beauty, Beauty’s rarest flower ...

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The Last Hero

... Went forth; and the speaker had lost the thread, ...

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The Place of Rest

... The fire of beauty smites through pain: ...

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Unknown God

... The lights danced over the mountains, ...

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Rest

... But sometimes when your wings would rest, ...

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The Message

... Let it dwell there, let it rest there, at home in your heart: ...

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A Leader

... THOUGH your eyes with tears were blind, ...

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Dawn

... Thrown downward from that high companionship ...

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Sacrifice

... Through dreamland take their flight ...

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Destiny

... Like winds or waters were her ways: ...

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Self-Discipline

... Through the world’s hour dies within our primal will ...

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Desire

... WITH Thee a moment! Then what dreams have play! ...

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Blindness

... His lights are those which round us hover: ...

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Echoes

... THE MIGHT that shaped itself through storm and stress ...