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Windowpane Quotes by Vladimir Nabokov
- I was the shadow of the waxwing slain/By the false azure in the windowpane...
- I was the shadow of the waxwing slain By the false azure in the windowpane; I was the smudge of ashen fluff -and I Lived…
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- I was the shadow of the waxwing slain/By the false azure in the windowpane... — Vladimir Nabokov
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- I was the shadow of the waxwing slain By the false azure in the windowpane; I was the smudge of ashen fluff… — Vladimir Nabokov