“Nay, let this earth, your portion, likewise cover
All the old anger, setting us apart:
Always, in all, in truth was I your lover;
Always, I held your heart.”

You Would Have Understood Me

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Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, and artistic painter 1867–1935

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