Famous Quotes | This great purple...

This great purple butterfly,
In the prison of my hands,
Has a learning in his eye
Not a poor fool understands.
Once he lived a schoolmaster
With a stark, denying look.... - William Butler Yeats
Attribution: William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), Irish poet, playwright. “Another Song of a Fool.”

Categories: Butterflies, Playwright, Reincarnation

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