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William Butler Yeats Quotes: Now that my ladder's gone, I must lie down where all my ladders start, In the foul rag-and-bone shop of the heart.
         

Now that my ladder's gone, I must lie down where all my ladders start, In the foul rag-and-bone shop of the heart.


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This page presents the quote "Now that my ladder's gone, I must lie down where all my ladders start, In the foul rag-and-bone shop of the heart.". Author of this quote is William Butler Yeats. This quote is about ladders, foul, lying, rags, gone, heart,.