Whan erthe hath erthe i-gette
And of erthe so hath i-nou[gh],
When he is therin i-stekke,
Wo is him that was in wou[gh].
And of erthe so hath i-nou[gh],
When he is therin i-stekke,
Wo is him that was in wou[gh].
Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923.
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