"Death by Water" Annotations
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− | Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead, | + | Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead, |
− | Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell | + | |
− | And the profit and loss. | + | Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell |
− | A current under sea | + | |
− | Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell | + | And the profit and loss. |
− | He passed the stages of his age and youth | + | |
− | Entering the whirlpool. | + | |
− | Gentile or Jew | + | |
− | O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, 320 | + | A current under sea |
− | Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you. | + | |
+ | Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell | ||
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+ | He passed the stages of his age and youth | ||
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+ | Entering the whirlpool. | ||
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+ | Gentile or Jew | ||
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+ | O you who turn the wheel and look to windward, 320 | ||
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+ | Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you. |