"William Butler Yeats (by himself)"
— Epitaphs

January 1, 1970

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Cast a cold eye On life, on death. Horseman, pass by! — This epitaph is from Under Ben Bulben, one of Yeats' last poems. The last section of Under Ben Bulben describes Yeats' resting-place-to-be. See W.B. Yeats at Wikisource and Wikipedia