Quicksilver Messenger Service is an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. They were most famous for the single "Fresh Air," from the album Just for Love, which was their biggest hit, reaching No. 49 in 1970.
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“the quicksilver art
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To inhabit the room; for I have seen it part
The palpable air....”
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And cowering foes shall shrink beneath
Each gallant arm that strikes below
That lovely messenger of death.”
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