A pity beyond all telling
Is hid in the heart of love.

W.B. Yeats

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Topic

Love and pain Love

Author

W.B. Yeats

Source

The Pity of Love

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1893 1890s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Original Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Pity of Love." The Rose. 1893.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Pity of Love." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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Medium
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Time
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Yeats, William Butler. "The Second Coming." The Dial, Nov. 1920.

Current Citation

Yeats, William Butler. "The Second Coming." W. B. Yeats: The Major Works, edited by Edward Larrissy. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Another quote from the 1890s

I don't like work—no man does—but I like what is in the work—the chance to find yourself. Your own reality—for yourself, not for others—what no other man can ever know.

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Source
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Language
English
Time
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Conrad, Joseph. "Heart of Darkness." Blackwood's Magazine. London and Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, Feb. 1899 - Apr. 1899.

Current Citation

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Another quote about Love

To love another person is to see the face of God.

Les Miserables

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Loving others Love
Speaker
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Actor
Hugh Jackman
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Medium
Song Film
Genre
Musical (film) Epic (film) Musical Epic
Language
English
Time
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"Epilogue." Les Misérables. Directed by Tom Hooper, performed by Anne Hathaway, Hugh Jackman, et al., Cameron Mackintosh Ltd/Working Title Films, 2012.