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William Butler Yeats
B. 1865 D. 1939
For everything that's lovely is / But a brief, dreamy, kind delight. 'Never Give All the Heart', W. B. Yeats
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Benjamin Zephaniah
B. 1958
I defy anyone to listen to a performance of his poetry and not come away uplifted - Poetry Review
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Fay Zwicky
B. 1933 D. 2017
Be precise, said wise Wei T'ai, / about the thing / but reticent / about the feeling. - from 'Poems and Things'