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The Lake Isle of Innisfree
W. B. Yeats
A reflective poem about solitude, natural rhythm, and the pull of an imagined home.
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He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
W. B. Yeats
A brief love poem about tenderness, vulnerability, imagination, and offering what one can.
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The Last Rose of Summer
Thomas Moore
A song lyric associated with solitude, friendship, fading beauty, and the passing of time.
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