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BELOVED, gaze in thine own heart, The holy tree is growing there.
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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Scrooby
Nottinghamshire
W. B. Yeats
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Some burn damp faggots, others may consume The entire combustible world in one small room.
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Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal a man awaits his end dreading and hoping all.
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