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All the words that I gather And all the words that I write Must spread out their wings untiring And never rest in their flight, Till they come where your sad, sad heart is, And sing to you in the night, Beyond where the waters are moving, Storm-darkened or starry bright.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Irish Fairy Tales, edited with an introduction by W. B. Yeats, London, T. Fisher Unwin, 1892, in the epigraph.
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Tous les mots que je rassemble Et tous les mots que j'écris Doivent inlassablement déployer leurs ailes Et ne jamais cesser leur vol, Jusqu'à ce qu'ils arrivent à ton triste, triste cœur, Et qu'ils chantent pour toi dans la nuit, Au-delà des eaux agitées, Assombries par les tempêtes ou éclairées par les étoiles.
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