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Poets Wall Poem Index Cool Stuff Reely's Blog William Butler Yeats was born in Dublin into an Irish Protestant family. His father, John Butler Yeats, a clergyman's son, was a lawyer turned to an Irish Pre-Raphaelite painter. Yeats's mother, Susan Pollexfen, came from a wealthy family. The Pollexfens had a prosperous milling and shipping business. His early years, Yeats spent in London and Sligo, a beautiful county on the west coast of Ireland ... continued here |
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