Page:Yeats Responsibilities 1916.djvu/175

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THE HOUR-GLASS
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Wise Man

Yes, yes. Find me but one that still believes
The things that we were told when we were children.

Third Pupil

He'll mock and maul him.

Fourth Pupil

From the first I knew
He wanted somebody to argue with.

[They go.

Wise Man

I have no reason left. All dark, all dark!

[Pupils return laughing. They push forward fourth pupil.

First Pupil

Here, Master, is the very man you want.