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Earlier lives drift by on silver soles, and the shadows of the damned descend into these sighing waters.
Georg Trakl
Georg Trakl
Georg Trakl
Born: Feb 3, 1887
Died: Nov 3, 1914

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Waters, Shadows, Silver, Drift, Descend, Lives, Earlier

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