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2. This poem, and especially the last two lines, has been going around in my head for the last month.

Mon Dec 26, 2016, 10:07 AM

Dec 2016

"And what rough (orange) beast, its hour come round at last . . ."

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Was William Butler Yeats a Prophet? Perhaps so... [View all] MineralMan Dec 2016 OP

This empty vessel was filled with hate. yallerdawg Dec 2016 #1

I've pay my repects to Yeats, @ Drumcliff Historic NY Dec 2016 #3

This is a truly great, and truly prophetic, poem... First Speaker Dec 2016 #4

My preferred prophet is Seuss tavernier Dec 2016 #6

Maybe, but WISE, surely; elleng Dec 2016 #7