“Coming and going by the dance, I see
That what I am not is a part of me.
Dancing is all that I can ever trust,
The dance is all I am, the rest is dust.
I will believe my bones and live by what
Will go on dancing when my bones are not.”

Written as an epitaph based upon his lyrics to "Lord of the Dance".

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British musician and poet 1915–2004

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