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Beauty is truth, truth beauty,that is all ye know on earth,and all ye need to know.

John KeatsOde on a Grecian Urn

To see a world in a grain of sand,and heaven in a wildflower,hold infinity in the palm of your hand,and eternity in an hour.

William BlakeAuguries of Innocence

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All changed, changed utterly:A terrible beauty is born.

W.B. YeatsEaster 1916

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