An aged man is but a paltry thing a tattered coat upon a stick unless soul clap its hands and sing William Butler Yeats Quotes
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An aged man is but a paltry thing a tattered coat upon a stick unless soul clap its hands and sing and louder sing for every tatter in its mortal dress.

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