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Death stands above me, whispering low I know not what into my ear; Of his strange language all I know Is, there is not a word of fear.
Death stands above me, whispering low I know not what into my ear; Of his strange language all I know Is, there is not a word of fear.
Approximate author period: c. 1819 AD · industrial
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- Walter Savage Landor
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- Approximate author period: c. 1819 AD · industrial
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- My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)
Page 330 · printed citation: W. S. Landor · compiler notes excluded
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