So lyf shal lyf lete ther lyf hath lyf anyented

So lyf shal lyf lete ther lyf hath lyf anyented,
So that lyf quyte lyf, the olde lawe hit asketh.
_Ergo_, soule shal soule quyte and synne to synne wende.

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Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923.

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