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13th June 2013
05:10pm BST

On this day June 13th in 1865, W.B.Yeats, Ireland's most prolific poet was born.
Hopelessly in love with Maud Gonne for a great part of his life, Yeats wrote some of his most beautiful, and depressing poetry about the woman he could never have.
Here are twelve of his most romantic lines from his poetry...
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