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Quotation from The Second Coming by W. B. Yeats

“Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer;”

W. B. Yeats (spoken by The speaker)

The Second Coming, Lines 1-2 (Michael Robartes and the Dancer (Cuala Press, 1920))

Portrait of W. B. Yeats

The opening image of order slipping beyond control.

Citation: "Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer;" — W. B. Yeats, The Second Coming, Lines 1-2 (Michael Robartes and the Dancer (Cuala Press, 1920)). (id the-second-coming-q1)

Portrait: Yeats1923, Unknown, Public domain.

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