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First Line: Though leaves are many, the root is one
Last Line: Now I may wither into the truth.
Alternate Author Name(s): Yeats, W. B.
Subject(s): Aging; Wisdom


THOUGH leaves are many, the root is one;
Through all the lying days of my youth
I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun;
Now I may wither into the truth.





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