... out against the sky 3 Like a patient etherized upon a table; 4 Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, 5 The muttering retreats 6 Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels 7 And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: 8 Streets that follow like a tedious argument 9 Of insidious intent 10 To lead you to an overwhelming question ... 11 Oh, do not ask, "What is it?" 12 Let us ... have a perfect soul, and now we reach the end of the cycle, nearing the end of the 28th phase, about to start again. Yeats inagines the rebirth of Christ as the start of the new cycle, and the revoluti...

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