"I write it out in a verse— MacDonagh and MacBride And Connolly and Pearse Now and in time to be, Wherever green is worn, Are changed, changed utterly: A terrible beauty is born."

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Fantasy authorsAcademics from IrelandPlaywrights from IrelandMysticsPoets from Ireland
Original Language: English

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