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There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet's wings.

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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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