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William Butler Yeats Quotes: I weave the shoes of Sorrow: Soundless shall be the footfall light In all men's ears of Sorrow, Sudden and light.
         

I weave the shoes of Sorrow: Soundless shall be the footfall light In all men's ears of Sorrow, Sudden and light.


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This page presents the quote "I weave the shoes of Sorrow: Soundless shall be the footfall light In all men's ears of Sorrow, Sudden and light.". Author of this quote is William Butler Yeats. This quote is about light, sorrow, men, ears, fate, shoes,.