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Meyer Robert K GS-9 99 CES/CECT wrote:
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> Dear Marcia & Marie,
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> That's what I was thinking of, Aubrey Beardsley, not John Aubrey. Funny how
> my brain works (or doesn't!).
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La beaute, "Beauty is difficult, Yeats" said Aubrey Beardsley
when Yeats asked why he drew horrors
or at least not Burne-Jones
and Beardsley knew he was dying and had to
make his hit quickly
hence no more B-J in his product.
So very difficult, Yeats, beauty is so difficult.
(Canto LXXX)
Carrol