Not Waving but Drowning Quotes

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Isolation Quotes

Nobody heard him, the dead man, (1)

Communication Quotes

Nobody heard him, the dead man, But still he lay moaning: (1-2)

Suffering Quotes

But still he lay moaning: (2)

Death Quotes

Nobody heard him, the dead man,But still he lay moaning: (1-2)

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