Sep '02 [Home] By Degree 365:  Year One of 9/11 Masters:Centuries are hooped together… The Four Ages of Man William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)

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He with body waged a fight, But body won; it walks upright. Then he struggled with the heart; Innocence and peace depart. Then he struggled with the mind; His proud heart he left behind. Now his wars on God begin; At stroke of midnight, God will win. (1935)