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And God would bid His warfare cease, Saying all things were well And softly make a rosy peace, A peace of Heaven with Hell.

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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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