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William butler yeats 1865 1939 i have desired, like every artist, to create a little world out of the beautiful, pleasant, and significant things of this marred and clumsy world, and to show in a vision something of the face of ireland to any of my own people who would look where i bid them. The lake isle of innisfree, he wishes for the cloths of heaven, down by the salley gardens, the secret rose. Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. William butler yeats william butler yeats biography poem. Listen to celtic twilight by william butler yeats, librivox community for free with a 30 day free trial. See our list of william butler yeats narrated audio books.
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