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William Butler Yeats Quotes

I went out to the hazel woodbecause a fire was in my headcut and peeled a hazel wandand hooked a berry to a threadand when white moths were on the wingand moth-like stars were flickering out. I dropped the berry in a stream, and caught a little silver trout....(Song of Wandering Aengus)

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