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“Through her, in microcosm, the wide earth sobbed. The starglobe…” quote by Mervyn Peake
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“Through her, in microcosm, the wide earth sobbed. The starglobe sank in her; the colours faded. The death-dew rose and the wild birds in her breast climbed to her throat and gathered songless, hovering, all tumult, wing to wing, so ardent for those climes where all things end.”

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