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Between extremities Man runs his course A brand, or flaming breath, Comes to destroy All those antinomies Of day and night.

William Butler Yeats

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William Butler Yeats
Age: 73 †
Born: 1865
Born: June 13
Died: 1939
Died: January 28
Astrologer
Mystic
Playwright
Poet
Politician
Writer
Scrooby
Nottinghamshire
W. B. Yeats
William Yeats
W.B. Yeats
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Extremities
Courses
Flaming
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Night
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