W. B. Yeats said one big source of leprechaun wealth is that they are paid by fairies to repair their shoes, and the fairies constantly wear out their shoes with dancing. Furthermore, leprechauns have dug up numerous pots of gold buried by humans long ago during times of war.
🎨 Jean-Baptiste Monge

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"The woods of Arcady are dead,
And over is their antique joy.
Of old the world on dreaming fed;
Grey Truth is now her painted toy.

But O, sick children of the world,
Of all the many changing things
In dreary dancing past us whirled,
To the cracked tune that Chronos sings...."

- W. B. Yeats, "The Song of the Happy Shepherd"
🎨 Giovanni Francesco Barbieri

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"Imaginary poet"

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"Pretty Eyes, Pirate Smile..." --- Elton John "Tiny Dancer"(?)

> How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true;
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face.
> 美しい頃のわたしに惹かれ、愛してくれた人は何人いたかしら、
美しい頃のわたしを、いつわりでも、本気でも、何人愛してくれたかしら、
でも、巡礼みたいなわたしの心を愛してくれた人もいたわ、
あの人は、老けていくわたしの顔のかげにひそむ悲しみを愛してくれた－－

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