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Georg Trakl Quotes: Earlier lives drift by on silver soles, and the shadows of the damned descend into these sighing waters.
         

Earlier lives drift by on silver soles, and the shadows of the damned descend into these sighing waters.


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This page presents the quote "Earlier lives drift by on silver soles, and the shadows of the damned descend into these sighing waters.". Author of this quote is Georg Trakl. This quote is about silver, shadow, water,.