Have I not seen the loveliest woman born
Out of the mouth of Plenty's horn,
Because of her opinionated mind
Barter that horn and every good
By quiet natures understood
For an old bellows full of angry wind?
-- William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) "A Prayer for My Daughter" (1921) St.8
Out of the mouth of Plenty's horn,
Because of her opinionated mind
Barter that horn and every good
By quiet natures understood
For an old bellows full of angry wind?
-- William Butler Yeats (1865-1939) "A Prayer for My Daughter" (1921) St.8
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