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William Butler Yeats Quotes

Before me floats an image, man or shade, Shade more than man, more image than a shade; For Hades' bobbin bound in mummy-cloth. May unwind the winding path; A mouth that has no moisture and no breath. Breathless mouths may summon;("Byzantium")

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