"One often hears of a horse that shivers……" — William Butler Yeats

One often hears of a horse that shivers with terror, or of… - William Butler Yeats

"One often hears of a horse that shivers with terror, or of a dog that howls at something a mans eyes cannot see, and men who live primitive lives where instinct does the work of reason are fully conscious,of many things we cannot perceive at all. As life becomes more orderly, more deliberate, the supernatural world sinks farther away."

— William Butler Yeats

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