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William Butler Yeats

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Biography - William Butler Yeats:

Irish poet and dramatist. Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923.
Born: 1865 - Died: 1939
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: Ireland

Oh that so many pitchers of rough clay
Should prosper and the porcelain break in two!




Translation

Translation

(French)



French
Pourquoi faut-il que tant de pots d'argile grossière demeurent et que la porcelaine se brise ?




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