‘Time to put off the world and go somewhere
\nAnd find my health again in the sea air,’
\nBeggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck,
\n‘And make my soul before my pate is bare.-<\/p>\n
‘And get a comfortable wife and house
\nTo rid me of the devil in my shoes,’
\nBeggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck,
\n‘And the worse devil that is between my thighs.’<\/p>\n
And though I’d marry with a comely lass,
\nShe need not be too comely – let it pass,’
\nBeggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck,
\n‘But there’s a devil in a looking-glass.’<\/p>\n
‘Nor should she be too rich, because the rich
\nAre driven by wealth as beggars by the itch,’
\nBeggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck,
\n‘And cannot have a humorous happy speech.’<\/p>\n
‘And there I’ll grow respected at my ease,
\nAnd hear amid the garden’s nightly peace.’
\nBeggar to beggar cried, being frenzy-struck,
\n‘The wind-blown clamour of the barnacle-geese.’<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
William Butler Yeats<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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