Famous Quotes | A little way within the gloom a...

A little way within the gloom a roebuck raised his eyes
Brimful of starlight, and he said: The Stamper of the Skies,
He is a gentle roebuck; for how else, I pray, could He
Conceive a thing so sad and soft, a gentle thing like me? - William Butler Yeats
Attribution: William Butler Yeats (1865–1939), Irish poet, playwright. “The Indian upon God.”

Categories: Deer, Egocentrism, God, Playwright

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