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Like a long-legged fly upon the stream / His mind moves upon silence.
William Butler Yeats
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William Butler Yeats
Age: 73 †
Born: 1865
Born: June 13
Died: 1939
Died: January 28
Astrologer
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Nottinghamshire
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For what but eye and ear silence the mind With the minute particulars of mankind?
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