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Tis the eternal law, That first in beauty should be first in might.
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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This great purple butterfly, In the prison of my hands, Has a learning in his eye Not a poor fool understands.
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