A bloody and a sudden end, Gunshot or a noose, For Death who takes what man would keep, Leaves what man would lose. (William Butler Yeats)

A bloody and a sudden end, Gunshot or a noose, For Death who takes what man would keep, Leaves what man would lose.

William Butler Yeats

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