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I know that I shall meet my fate somewhere among the clouds above those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love.

William Butler Yeats

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William Butler Yeats
Age: 73 †
Born: 1865
Born: June 13
Died: 1939
Died: January 28
Astrologer
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Nottinghamshire
W. B. Yeats
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