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Creativity Quote by W.B. Yeats

“Heart-mysteries there, and yet when all is said It was the dream itself enchanted me ("The Circus Animal's Desertion")” quote by W.B. Yeats — Download Open image

““Heart-mysteries there, and yet when all is said It was the dream itself enchanted me ("The Circus Animal's Desertion")””

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