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		<title>When You Are Old</title>
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		<title>The Lake Isle of Innisfree</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[A lyrical vision of retreat, where remembered waters guide the heart toward quiet and self-sufficiency.]]></description>
		
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		<title>W. B. Yeats</title>
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