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Only in clouds and dreams I felt those souls
In the abyss, each fire hid in its clod,
From which in clouds and dreams the spirit rolls
Into the vast of God.

— George William Russell By Still Waters (1906)

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There are heaps of things I would like to do, but there is no time to do them.

Letter to Mrs. T. P. Hyatt (1895)

For sure the enchanted waters pour through every wind that blows.

The Nuts of Knowledge (1903)

I shine afar, till men may not divine
Whether it is the stars or the beloved
They follow with wrapt spirit.

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Each dream remembered is a burning-glass,
Where through to darkness from the Light of Lights
Its rays in splendour pass.

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On the laugh of a child I am borne to the joy of the King.

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