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  • On limestone quarried near the spot By his command these words are cut: Cast a cold eye On life, on death. Horseman, pass by!

    William Butler Yeats
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    "Under Ben Bulben" l. 89 (1939). The final three lines are in fact inscribed on Yeats's gravestone.
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On limestone quarried near the spot By his command these words are cut: Cast a cold eye On life, on death. Horseman, pass by! - William Butler Yeats
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