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The winds that awakened the stars Are blowing through my blood.
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
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A line will take us hours maybe Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstitching has been naught.
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