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This author kicked Alistair Crowley down the stairs during a “magical” feud they had as members (20[1])of the Hermetic Order (0[1])of the Golden Dawn. One poem by this author repeats “Fifteen apparitions have I seen; The worst a coat upon a coat-hanger.” (0[1])A poem by (20[1])this author based on a tarot card laments “decrepit age that has been tied to me (20[1])/ As to a dog’s tail.” Another poem by this author describes his heart “fastened to a dying (0[1])animal.” That poem by (20[1])this author describes “an aged man” as (20[1])“a (*) paltry (10[5])thing (10[4])/ A tattered (10[1])coat upon a stick.” (10[2]0[1])This (10[1])author of “The Tower” wrote “That is no country for old men” (10[5]0[1])in one poem, (0[1])and begins another poem with the line “Turning and turning in the widening gyre… things (10[1])fall (10[1])apart.” (10[1])For 10 points, name this author of “Sailing to Byzantium” (10[2])and (10[1])“The Second Coming.” ■END■ (10[4]0[1])

ANSWER: William Butler Yeats
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