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- ↑ Foster, R. F. (2005-03-17). W. B. Yeats: A Life II. Oxford University Press. p. 247. ISBN 978-0-19-158425-1.
- Yeats, William Butler (2010). The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Vol. III: Autobiographies. New York City: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-4516-0321-7.