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William Butler Yeats Quotes

Take, if you must, this little bag of dreams, Unloose the cord, and they will wrap you round.
William Butler Yeats

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Poet Quotes
Category:
Irish Poet Quotes
Date of Birth:
June 13, 1865
Date of Death:
January 28, 1939
Nationality:
Irish
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