"Death by Water" Annotations
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| + | Phlebas the Phoenician, a fortnight dead, | ||
| + | Forgot the cry of gulls, and the deep sea swell | ||
| + | And the profit and loss. | ||
| + | A current under sea | ||
| + | Picked his bones in whispers. As he rose and fell | ||
| + | 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 | ||
| + | Consider Phlebas, who was once handsome and tall as you. | ||
